Definitions for remains
re·mains

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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"

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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.

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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.

Matched Categories

1. • Dead Body
   • Object

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

Anagrams for remains »

1. Mainers

2. marines

3. Marines

4. seminar

How to pronounce remains?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. Ray Attrill:

   Nothing has happened in the last 24 hours to dissuade us from the view that we are headed in the direction of an Article 50 delay, a softer Brexit or no Brexit, but it remains too soon to be buying sterling with your ears pinned back.

2. Marty Coyne:

   We have always maintained that our previous MEADS offer for the ... programme remains valid.

3. Elizabeth Buse:

   Monitise remains on track to become EBITDA profitable in FY 2016.

4. Dan Gettinger:

   The questions that remains to be seen is whether a drone attack will ever be considered strategically more effective than other forms of terrorism.

5. Severin Schwan:

   We have started the year with strong sales growth, driven by the newly launched products in our pharmaceuticals division, demand for our new medicines remains high.

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