Definition of "resting"

resting

/ˈɹɛstɪŋ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural restings
1. The action of rest
  Quotations
  Hence, if the universal Father had […] personally controlled the movements of the Israelites, and directed the course, the motions, and the restings, of that cloud […]
  1865, Merritt Munson, The History of Moses and the Israelites, page 199
2. A place where one can rest; a resting place.
3. A pause; a break; an interlude.
adjective
not comparable
1. That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.
2. (euphemistic) Unemployed; out of work.
3. Remaining; stationary.
verb
1. present participle and gerund of rest