REMAINS

cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains

(noun) the dead body of a human being; “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”

remains

(noun) any object that is left unused or still extant; “I threw out the remains of my dinner”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

remains pl (plural only)

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

remains

(rare) plural of remain

Verb

remains

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of remain

Anagrams

• Erisman, Mainers, Marines, Merinas, Minears, Reimans, Reisman, Riemans, mainers, maresin, marines, seminar, sirname

Source: Wiktionary


REMAIN

Re*main" (r-mn"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Remained (-mnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remaining.] Etym: [OF. remaindre, remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, Remnant.]

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. Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12. Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. xv. 6. That . . . remains to be proved. Locke.

2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. Remain a widow at thy father's house. Gen. xxxviii. 11. Childless thou art; childless remain. Milton.

Syn.

– To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure.

Re*main", v. t.

Definition: To await; to be left to. [Archaic] The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton.

Re*main" n.

1. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.] Which often, since my here remain in England, I 've seen him do. Shak.

2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. "The remains of old Rome." Addison. When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. Burke.

3. Specif., in the plural: (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. Old warriors whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains! Pope.

(b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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