Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb);
- Example: "she was laid to rest beside her husband"- Example: "they had to put their family pet to sleep"[syn: rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
eternal rest
n 1: 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" [syn:
rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep,
quietus]