remains

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the dead body of a human being

   The detective examined the remains of the victim.

2. 2
   noun

   any object that is left unused or still extant

   I threw out the remains of my dinner.

3. 3
   noun

   The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

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

4. 4
   noun

   The extant writings of a deceased person.

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

5. 5
   noun

   All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

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

6. 6
   verb

   third-person singular simple present indicative of remain

   We'll go ahead, while she remains here.

7. 7
   noun

   Historical or archaeological relics.

8. 8
   noun

   plural of remain