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Remains

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Definitions for Remains

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

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