remains

/ɹɪˈmeɪnz/

noun

  1. 1

    (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.

  2. 2

    (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

  3. 3

    Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.

  4. 4

    State of remaining; stay.

verb

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    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.
  3. 3

    To await; to be left to.

  4. 4

    To continue in a state of being.

    The light remained red for two full minutes.

noun

  1. 1

    What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

    The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
  2. 2

    Historical or archaeological relics.

  3. 3

    The extant writings of a deceased person.

    To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness.
  4. 4

    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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