Remains

//ɹɪˈmeɪnz// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse. plural, plural-only

    "They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery."

  2. 2
    plural of remain form-of, plural, rare
  3. 3
    the dead body of a human being wordnet
  4. 4
    Historical or archaeological relics. plural, plural-only
  5. 5
    a relic that has been excavated from the soil wordnet
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  1. 6
    The extant writings of a deceased person. plural, plural-only

    "To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness."

  2. 7
    any object that is left unused or still extant wordnet
  3. 8
    All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants. plural, plural-only

    "He couldn't bring himself to eat the remains of the chicken dinner."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of remain form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

    "We'll go ahead, while she remains here."

Synonyms

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cadaveraccountafterglowafterimageancient manuscriptannals

Example

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"As long as you have hope, a chance remains."

Related phrases

mortal remains

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