Word.ws English Dictionary

rests on

rests on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rest on.

Meaning of 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.

Questions about rests on

What is rests on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rests on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rest on.

Words near rests on in the dictionary

  1. rests and vests
  2. rests assured
  3. rests easy
  4. rests in peace
  5. rests of advantage
  6. rests on
  7. rests on one's laurels
  8. rests one's case
  9. rests one's soul
  10. rests up
  11. rests upon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rests on (page history and authors); rest on (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “rests on.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/rests_on. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.