Definition of "remains" in English

noun

1. The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

   • They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery.
   • 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.

4. All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

   • He couldn't bring himself to eat the remains of the chicken dinner.

noun

1. (rare) plural of remain

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of remain

   • We'll go ahead, while she remains here.