remains

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Noun

remains (plural only)

1. What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

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

   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.

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

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

5. (rare) Plural form of remain

Translations

what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse

• Czech: ostatky (cs) m pl
• Dutch: overblijfselen (nl)
• Finnish: jäänteet (fi) pl
• French: dépouille (fr) f, cendres (fr) f pl, restes (fr) m pl

• German: Gebeine (de) pl
• Polish: szczątki pl, zwłoki pl
• Swahili: mabaki (sw)

relic of an ancient building or other structure

• Dutch: overblijfselen (nl)
• French: ruines (fr) f pl
• German: Ruinen (de) pl

• Irish: taisí (ga) f pl
• Polish: pozostałości pl
• Swahili: saliyo (sw)

all that is left of the stock of some things; remnants

• Finnish: rippeet (fi) pl, tähteet (fi) pl
• French: reste (fr) m, restes (fr) m pl

• Polish: resztki pl
• Swahili: mabaki (sw)

Verb

remains

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of remain.

   We'll go ahead, while she remains here.

Anagrams

• Mainers
• marines, Marines
• seminar