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come to rest

come to rest verb: to stop moving.

Verb

come to rest (third-person singular simple present comes to rest, present participle coming to rest, simple past came to rest, past participle come to rest)

  1. To stop moving.
    • They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay.1941 October, “Notes and News: A Highland Runaway”, in Railway Magazine, page 469
    • It will be recalled that the engine (No. 6157 of the "Royal Scot" class) overturned down a bank and, together with its tender, came to rest in a field of mangolds.1946 March and April, C. R. L. Coles, “Re-Railing the Locomotive at Bourne End”, in Railway Magazine, page 95

Forms of come to rest

third-person singular presentcomes to rest
present participlecoming to rest
pastcame to rest
past participlecome to rest

Questions about come to rest

What does come to rest mean?
Come to rest means to stop moving.
What part of speech is come to rest?
Come to rest is a verb.
What is the past tense of come to rest?
The past tense of come to rest is came to rest.

Words near come to rest in the dictionary

  1. come to oneself
  2. come to order
  3. come to papa
  4. come to pass
  5. come to power
  6. come to rest
  7. come to someone's aid
  8. come to someone's rescue
  9. come to terms
  10. come to terms with
  11. come to that

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