remains Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun any object that is left unused or still extant
   
   • I threw out the remains of my dinner
2. noun the dead body of a human being
   clay; corpse; stiff; cadaver.
   
   • the cadaver was intended for dissection
   • the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse
   • the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river
   • honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
3. verb stay the same; remain in a certain state
   remain; rest; stay.
   
   • The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it
   • rest assured
   • stay alone
   • He remained unmoved by her tears
   • The bad weather continued for another week
4. verb continue in a place, position, or situation
   remain; continue; stay on; stay.
   
   • After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser
   • Stay with me, please
   • despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year
   • She continued as deputy mayor for another year
5. verb be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
   remain.
   
   • There remains the question of who pulled the trigger
   • Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war
6. verb stay behind
   remain; stay; persist.
   
   • The smell stayed in the room
   • The hostility remained long after they made up

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