noun

1. (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.

2. (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

3. Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.

verb

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.

   “There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.”

3. To await; to be left to.

Synonyms: await, bide, wait, rest, stay, stay, endure, last

noun

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

   “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.”