coming to rest
coming to rest is the present participle and gerund of come to rest.
Meaning of come to rest
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)
- 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
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- What is coming to rest the present participle and gerund of?
- Coming to rest is the present participle and gerund of come to rest.
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