remain

  1. Noun.  State of remaining; stay.
  2. Noun.  That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
  3. Noun.  (plural only) '''remains''': That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
  4. Noun.  The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.
  5. Verb.  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.
  6. Verb.  To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
  7. Verb.  To await; to be left to.
  8. Verb.  (context, copulative) To continue in a state of being.

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