remains

B2
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈmeɪnz/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

2 Definition

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

3 Definition

Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.

4 Definition

State of remaining; stay.

5 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
6 Definition

Historical or archaeological relics.

7 Definition

The extant writings of a deceased person.

Example Sentences
  • To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness.
8 Definition

All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

Example Sentences
  • He couldn't bring himself to eat the remains of the chicken dinner.
Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

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 Definition

To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

Example Sentences
  • There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.
3 Definition

To await; to be left to.

4 Definition

To continue in a state of being.

Example Sentences
  • The light remained red for two full minutes.