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Resting
- verb - be at rest
- be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"
- be inherent or innate in;
- give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"
- have a place in relation to something else;
- not move; be in a resting position
- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"
- rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head"
- sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"
- 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"
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
Retiing
- verb - tie again or anew; "retie the string and make it strong enough now"
Retting
- verb - place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
Reusing
- verb - use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes"
Revving
- verb - increase the number of rotations per minute; "rev up an engine"
Rhyming
- verb - be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme"
- compose rhymes
- having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds; "rhymed verse"; "rhyming words"
Ribbing
- verb - a framework of ribs
- form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"
- subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
Ricking
- verb -
- pile in ricks; "rick hay"
Ridding
- verb - relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
- Unburden
Ridging
- verb - extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South"
- form into a ridge
- plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
- spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil"
- throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged his corn"