1. (

• remains

) any object that is left unused or still extant; "I threw out the remains of my dinner" ;

2. (

• archeological_remains ,
• remains ,

) a relic that has been excavated from the soil ;

3. (

• cadaver ,
• corpse ,
• stiff ,
• clay ,
• remains

) 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" ;

1. (

• stay ,
• remain ,
• rest

) stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" ;

2. (

• stay ,
• stay_on ,
• continue ,
• remain ,

) continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year" ;

3. (

• remain ,

) be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" ;

4. (

• persist ,
• remain ,
• stay ,

) stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" ;