remains
/ɹɪˈmeɪnz/
Dictionary
noun
- (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
- (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
- Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
- State of remaining; stay.
verb
- To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
- To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
"There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry."
- To await; to be left to.
- To continue in a state of being.
"The light remained red for two full minutes."
noun
- What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
"The victim's remains were one small piece of bone."
- Historical or archaeological relics.
- The extant writings of a deceased person.
"To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness."
- All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
"He couldn't bring himself to eat the remains of the chicken dinner."
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