meaning of remain
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.
2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
3. To await; to be left to.
4. State of remaining; stay.
5. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
6. That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
7. The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecils
8. 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
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Related Words
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