Lean vs. Rest — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lean and Rest
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Lean
Be in or move into a sloping position
He leaned back in his chair
Rest
Cease work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength
He needed to rest after the feverish activity
I'm going to rest up before travelling to England
Lean
A deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination
The vehicle has a definite lean to the left
Rest
Be placed or supported so as to stay in a specified position
Her elbow was resting on the arm of the sofa
Lean
The lean part of meat
The man who eats no fat and the wife who eats no lean
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Rest
Be based on; depend on
The country's security rested on its alliances
Lean
(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat
His lean, muscular body
Rest
Conclude presentation of either party's case in a suit or prosecution
The prosecution rests
Lean
Offering little reward, substance, or nourishment; meagre
The lean winter months
Keep a small reserve to tide you over the lean years
Rest
Remain or be left in a specified condition
You can rest assured she will do everything she can
Lean
(of a vaporized fuel mixture) having a high proportion of air
Lean air-to-fuel ratios
Rest
An instance or period of resting
A couple of days of complete rest
You look as though you need a rest
Lean
To bend or slant away from the vertical.
Rest
An interval of silence of a specified duration.
Lean
To incline the weight of the body so as to be supported
Leaning against the doorpost.
Rest
An object that is used to support something
A shoulder rest
Lean
To rely for assistance or support
Lean on me for help.
Rest
The remaining part of something
What do you want to do for the rest of your life?
I'll tell you the rest tomorrow night
Lean
To have a tendency or preference
A government that leans toward fascism.
Rest
A small, detached portion of an organ or tissue.
Lean
(Informal) To exert pressure
The boss is leaning on us to meet the deadline.
Rest
A rally in real tennis.
Lean
To set or place so as to be resting or supported
Leaned the ladder against the wall.
Rest
A period of inactivity, relaxation, or sleep:The hikers stopped for a rest.
Lean
To cause to incline
Leaned the boards so the rain would run off.
Rest
Sleep or the refreshment resulting from inactivity or sleep:Get plenty of rest before the race.
Lean
A tilt or an inclination away from the vertical.
Rest
The repose of death:eternal rest.
Lean
Meat with little or no fat.
Rest
Mental or emotional calm:The news put my mind at rest.
Lean
Not fleshy or fat; thin.
Rest
The state of being motionless; the absence of motion:The car accelerates quickly from a state of rest.
Lean
Containing little fat or less fat relative to a standard
Lean hamburger.
Rest
The condition of being settled or resolved:a remark that put the matter to rest.
Lean
Not productive or prosperous; meager
Lean years.
Rest
An interval of silence corresponding to one of the possible time values within a measure.
Lean
Containing little excess or waste; spare
A lean budget.
Rest
The mark or symbol indicating such a pause and its length.
Lean
Thrifty in management, especially by employing just enough people to accomplish a task or do business
"Company leaders know their industries must be lean to survive" (Christian Science Monitor).
Rest
A short pause in a line of poetry; a caesura.
Lean
(Metallurgy) Low in mineral contents
Lean ore.
Rest
A device used as a support:a back rest.
Lean
(Chemistry) Lacking in combustible material
Lean fuel.
Rest
(Games)See bridge1.
Lean
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
A leaning column
She leaned out of the window.
Rest
The part that is left over after something has been removed; remainder.
Lean
(copulative) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election.
The Hispanic vote leans Democratic.
Rest
That or those remaining
The beginning was boring, but the rest was interesting. The rest are arriving later.
Lean
Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
Rest
A support for a lance on the side of the breastplate of medieval armor.
Lean
To hang outwards.
Rest
To cease motion, work, or activity, especially in order to become refreshed:The laborers rested in the shade.
Lean
To press against.
Rest
To lie down and sleep:rested for an hour on the couch.
Lean
To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
Rest
To be in or come to a motionless state:The can rolled along, finally resting when it hit the curb.
Lean
To conceal.
Rest
To be located or be in a specified place:The manuscript rests in the museum.
Lean
(of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.
Rest
To be fixed or directed on something:His gaze rested on the necklace.
Lean
(uncountable) Meat with no fat on it.
Rest
To be unchanged or unresolved:After arguing for an hour, we let the matter rest.
Lean
An organism that is lean in stature.
Rest
To be supported or based; lie, lean, or sit:The ladder rests firmly anst the tree.
Lean
A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, especially popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.
Rest
To be imposed or vested, as a responsibility or burden:The final decision rests with the crperson.
Lean
(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
Rest
To depend or rely:That argument rests on a false assumption.
Lean
(of meat) Having little fat.
Lean steak cuts
Rest
(Law)To complete the n presentation of one's portion of a legal case:The defense rests.
Lean
Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
A lean budget
A lean harvest
Rest
To cause or allow to be inactive or relaxed so as to ren energy:The coach rested his best players. I rested my eyes before studying.
Lean
Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
A lean ore hardly worth mining.
Running on too lean a fuel-air mixture will cause, among other problems, your internal combustion engine to heat up too much.
Rest
To place, lay, or lean, as for support or repose:rested the rake anst the fence.
Lean
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
Lean copy, matter, or type
Rest
To base or ground:I rested my conclusion on that fact.
Lean
(business) Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
Lean management
Lean manufacturing
Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities.
Rest
To fix or direct (the gaze, for example).
Lean
To conceal.
Rest
(Law)To complete the n presentation of (one's portion of a case):The prosecutor was not ready to rest her case.
Lean
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.
Rest
To be or continue to be; remain
Rest assured that we will finish on time.
Lean
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; - with to, toward, etc.
They delight rather to lean to their old customs.
Rest
To remain or be left over.
Lean
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; - with on, upon, or against.
He leaned not on his fathers but himself.
Rest
Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.
Lean
To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
His fainting limbs against an oak he leant.
Rest
(countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
Lean
Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not plump; slender; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
Rest
(uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
Lean
Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; - used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.
Their lean and flashy songs.
What the land is, whether it be fat or lean.
Out of my lean and low abilityI'll lend you something.
Rest
A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
The ocean was finally at rest.
Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.
Lean
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; - opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
Rest
A final position after death.
She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
Lean
That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat.
The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy.
Rest
A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
Lean
Unremunerative copy or work.
Rest
A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
Lean
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;
The tower had a pronounced tilt
The ship developed a list to starboard
He walked with a heavy inclination to the right
Rest
Absence of motion.
The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.
Lean
To incline or bend from a vertical position;
She leaned over the banister
Rest
A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.
Lean
Cause to lean or incline;
He leaned his rifle against the wall
Rest
(countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
She put the phone receiver back in its rest.
He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.
Lean
Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined;
She tends to be nervous before her lectures
These dresses run small
He inclined to corpulence
Rest
A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
Lean
Rely on for support;
We can lean on this man
Rest
A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
Lean
Cause to lean to the side;
Erosion listed the old tree
Rest
(poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
Lean
Lacking excess flesh;
You can't be too rich or too thin
Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look
Rest
The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
Lean
Lacking in mineral content or combustible material;
Lean ore
Lean fuel
Rest
(dated) A set or game at tennis.
Lean
Containing little excess;
A lean budget
A skimpy allowance
Rest
(uncountable) That which remains.
She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.
Lean
Low in mineral content;
A lean ore
Rest
Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
Lean
Not profitable or prosperous;
A lean year
Rest
A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
Rest
(intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
Rest
(intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
Rest
(intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
Rest
To be or to put into a state of rest.
My day's work is over; now I will rest.
We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.
I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth.
Rest
(intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
The blame seems to rest with your father.
Rest
To lean, lie, or lay.
A column rests on its pedestal.
I rested my head in my hands.
She rested against my shoulder.
I rested against the wall for a minute.
Rest
To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
The defense rests, your Honor.
I rest my case.
Rest
(intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
Rest
(intransitive) To lie dormant.
Rest
(intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
Rest
(intransitive) To rely or depend on.
The decision rests on getting a bank loan.
Rest
To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
Rest
To continue to be, remain, be left in a certain way.
You can rest assured that a sick child will say when it's again ready to eat, so it won't starve and doesn't need to be cajoled into eating.
Rest
To keep a certain way.
Rest
To arrest.
Rest
To arrest.
Rest
To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion.
God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest.
Rest
To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.
There rest, if any rest can harbor there.
Rest
To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.
Rest
To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
Rest
To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
Fancy . . . then retriesInto her private cell when Nature rests.
Rest
To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.
On him I rested, after long debate,And not without considering, fixed fate.
Rest
To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
To rest in Heaven's determination.
Rest
To lay or place at rest; to quiet.
Your piety has paidAll needful rites, to rest my wandering shade.
Rest
To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.
Her weary head upon your bosom rest.
Rest
To be left; to remain; to continue to be.
The affairs of men rest still uncertain.
Rest
A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.
Sleep give thee all his rest!
Rest
Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.
And the land had rest fourscore years.
Rest
Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.
How sleep the brave who sink to rest,By all their country's wishes blest.
Rest
That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or steadying the work.
He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
Rest
A projection from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.
Their visors closed, their lances in the rest.
Rest
A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
In dust our final rest, and native home.
Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.
Rest
A short pause in reading verse; a cæsura.
Rest
The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
Rest
A set or game at tennis.
Rest
Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc.
Rest
That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder; residue.
Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the present comfort of having done our duty, and, for the rest, it offers us the best security that Heaven can give.
Rest
Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.
Rest
A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
Rest
Something left after other parts have been taken away;
There was no remainder
He threw away the rest
He took what he wanted and I got the balance
Rest
Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
Took his repose by the swimming pool
Rest
A pause for relaxation;
People actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests
Rest
A state of inaction;
A body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon
Rest
Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb);
She was laid to rest beside her husband
They had to put their family pet to sleep
Rest
A support on which things can be put;
The gun was steadied on a special rest
Rest
A musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
Rest
Not move; be in a resting position
Rest
Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
Rest
Give a rest to;
He rested his bad leg
Rest the dogs for a moment
Rest
Have a place in relation to something else;
The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West
The responsibility rests with the Allies
Rest
Be at rest
Rest
Stay the same; remain in a certain state;
The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it
Rest assured
Stay alone
He remained unmoved by her tears
The bad weather continued for another week
Rest
Be inherent or innate in;
Rest
Put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying;
Rest your head on my shoulder
Rest
Sit, as on a branch;
The birds perched high in the treee
Rest
Rest on or as if on a pillow;
Pillow your head
Rest
Be inactive, refrain from acting;
The committee is resting over the summer
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