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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. stay the same; remain in a certain state;
- Example: "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"
- Example: "rest assured"
- Example: "stay alone"
- Example: "He remained unmoved by her tears"
- Example: "The bad weather continued for another week"
[syn: stay, remain, rest]

2. continue in a place, position, or situation;
- Example: "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"
- Example: "Stay with me, please"
- Example: "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"
- Example: "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
[syn: stay, stay on, continue, remain]

3. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.;
- Example: "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"
- Example: "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

4. stay behind;
- Example: "The smell stayed in the room"
- Example: "The hostility remained long after they made up"
[syn: persist, remain, stay]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Remain \Re*main"\ (r?-m?n"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Remained
   (-m?nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remaining.] [OF. remaindre,
   remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay,
   remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, Remnant.]
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   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.
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            Gather up the fragments that remain.  --John vi. 12.
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            Of whom the greater part remain unto this present,
            but some are fallen asleep.           --1 Cor. xv.
                                                  6.
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            That . . . remains to be proved.      --Locke.
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   2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or
      undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to
      last.
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            Remain a widow at thy father's house. --Gen.
                                                  xxxviii. 11.
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            Childless thou art; childless remain. --Milton.
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   Syn: To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell;
        abide; last; endure.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Remain \Re*main"\, v. t.
   To await; to be left to. [Archaic]
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         The easier conquest now remains thee.    --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Remain \Re*main"\ n.
   1. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.]
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            Which often, since my here remain in England,
            I 've seen him do.                    --Shak.
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   2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the
      plural. "The remains of old Rome." --Addison.
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            When this remain of horror has entirely subsided.
                                                  --Burke.
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   3. Specif., in the plural:
      (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is
          gone; relics; a dead body.
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                Old warriors whose adored remains
                In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains!
                                                  --Pope.
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      (b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary
          works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

remain
    v 1: 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 week" [syn: stay,
         remain, rest] [ant: change]
    2: continue in a place, position, or situation; "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" [syn: stay, stay on, continue,
       remain]
    3: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence,
       etc.; "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"
    4: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility
       remained long after they made up" [syn: persist, remain,
       stay]