Cryptic crossword clue
Due to be carved as ham may be 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RESTING

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What does RESTING mean?

1. To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
2. To come to a pause or an end; end.
3. To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
4. To be or to put into a state of rest.
5. To stay, remain, be situated.
6. To lean, lie, or lay.
7. 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.)
8. To sleep; slumber.
9. To lie dormant.
10. To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
11. To rely or depend on.
12. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

1. To remain.

1. To arrest.

1. The action of rest
2. A place where one can rest; a resting-place.
3. A pause; a break; an interlude.

1. That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.
2. Unemployed; out of work.
3. Remaining; stationary.

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