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rest on

rest on verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rest, on.

Verb

rest on (third-person singular simple present rests on, present participle resting on, simple past and past participle rested on)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rest, on.
  2. To depend on.

rest on meaning in Telugu and Sanskrit

rest on in Telugu

to rest on, to touch, be contiguous to
ఆను ānu

rest on in Sanskrit

to rest on, depend on
आयत् āyat

Forms of rest on

third-person singular presentrests on
present participleresting on
past participlerested on
pastrested on
alternative formrest upon

Questions about rest on

What does rest on mean?
Rest on means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rest, on.
What is rest on in Telugu?
Rest on in Telugu is ఆను (ānu). See Rest on meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is rest on?
Rest on is a verb.
What is the past tense of rest on?
The past tense of rest on is rested on.

Words near rest on in the dictionary

  1. rest in power
  2. rest mass
  3. rest masses
  4. rest of advantage
  5. rest of the UK
  6. rest on
  7. rest on one's laurels
  8. rest one's case
  9. rest one's soul
  10. rest operator
  11. rest operators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rest on (page history and authors); ఆను (Telugu) (page history and authors); आयत् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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