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remains
Noun
  • What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
  • Historical or archaeological relics.
  • The extant writings of a deceased person.
  • All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
Noun
  • plural of remain rare
Verb
  • third-person singular simple present indicative form of remain
remain
Noun
  • State of remaining; stay.
  • That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
  • remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. plural only
  • The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.
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.
  • To await; to be left to.
  • To continue in a state of being. copulative