remain
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (4)
- 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”Synonyms: stayrest
- 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”Synonyms: staystay oncontinue
- 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”
- stay behind“The smell stayed in the room”“The hostility remained long after they made up”Synonyms: persiststay
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
Gather up the fragments that remain.— John vi. 12.[1913 Webster]
Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.— 1 Cor. xv. 6.[1913 Webster]
That . . . remains to be proved.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
2.To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. [1913 Webster]
Remain a widow at thy father's house.— Gen. xxxviii. 11.[1913 Webster]
Childless thou art; childless remain.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Syn: To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure. [1913 Webster]
The easier conquest now remains thee. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
1.State of remaining; stay. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Which often, since my here remain in England, I 've seen him do.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. "The remains of old Rome." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
When this remain of horror has entirely subsided.— Burke.[1913 Webster]
3.Specif., in the plural: (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. [1913 Webster]
Old warriors whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains! --Pope. [1913 Webster] (b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains. [1913 Webster]