remains

Words with a similar base: remains

'remains'

[remains.n.01] as in: any object that is left unused or still extant

Examples:
I threw out the remains of my dinner

'remains'

[cadaver.n.01] as in: the dead body of a human being

Examples:
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

'remains'

[stay.v.01] as in: stay the same; remain in a certain state

Examples:
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

'remains'

[stay.v.04] as in: continue in a place, position, or situation

Examples:
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

'remains'

[remain.v.03] as in: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.

Examples:
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

'remains'

[persist.v.03] as in: stay behind

Examples:
The smell stayed in the room
The hostility remained long after they made up

0.033s for 6 cards

© 2023–2026 Bureau WO