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re·mains

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. remainsnoun

    any object that is left unused or still extant

    "I threw out the remains of my dinner"

  2. cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remainsnoun

    the dead body of a human being

    "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

Wiktionary

  1. remainsnoun

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

  2. remainsnoun

    A relic of an ancient building or other structure.

  3. remainsnoun

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

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

ChatGPT

  1. remains

    Remains refer to the leftover or preserved parts, fragments, or traces of something or someone that has been left behind or has not been completely destroyed. They can include physical remains, such as a person's body, bones, or artifacts, or non-physical remains, such as memories or feelings associated with a past event or person.

Wikidata

  1. Remains

    Remains is the sixth album by the band Annihilator. It was released in 1997. All instruments were performed by Jeff Waters following the dissolution of the previous line-up. However, John Bates and Dave Steele make an appearance on "No Love" on guitars and vocals respectively, with Steele also appearing on "Wind". The album features a more industrial-oriented sound and also features a drum machine.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'remains' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1336

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'remains' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3838

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'remains' in Nouns Frequency: #2359

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Anagrams for remains »

  1. Mainers

  2. marines

  3. Marines

  4. seminar

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of remains in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of remains in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of remains in a Sentence

  1. Aloo Denish Obiero:

    United by love, fortified by loyalty, family remains a sanctuary even in a chaotic world.

  2. Robin Green:

    You've got your phenomenon on one hand. Concrete and knowable. On the other hand you've got the incomprehensible. You call it God, but to me, God or no, it remains just that, the unknowable.

  3. Antonio Weiss:

    This industry remains untested through a complete credit cycle, the new business models were developed in a period of low interest rates, declining unemployment and relatively strong overall credit conditions.

  4. Abigail Danian:

    The only determination that they could make was that both Isaac and Shukree had both jumped into the ocean and there were no remains found.

  5. Karen Horney:

    Fortunately [psychoanalysis] is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

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