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remains

/ɹɪˈmeɪnz/
noun
  1. (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.

  2. (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

  3. Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.

verb
  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.

  2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

    "There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry."

  3. To await; to be left to.

Synonymsawait, bide, wait, rest, stay, stay
noun
  1. What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

    "The victim's remains were one small piece of bone."

  2. Historical or archaeological relics.

  3. The extant writings of a deceased person.

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

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