Thesaurus: remain

Related headwords

Definitions

1. v. i. 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. v. i. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
3. v. t. To await; to be left to.
4. n. State of remaining; stay.
5. n. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
6. n. That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
7. n. The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's
8. v. stay the same; remain in a certain state
9. v. continue in a place, position, or situation
10. v. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
11. v. be in a certain place and not leave
12. 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. Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12. Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. xv. 6. That . . . remains to be proved. Locke. 2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. Remain a widow at thy father's house. Gen. xxxviii. 11. Childless thou art; childless remain. Milton. Syn. -- To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure. To await; to be left to. [Archaic] The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton. 1. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.] Which often, since my here remain in England, I 've seen him do. Shak. 2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. "The remains of old Rome." Addison. When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. Burke. 3. Specif., in the plural: (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. Old warriors whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains! Pope. (b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.