remains
any object that is left unused or still extant
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,015 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,923 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any object that is left unused or still extant I threw out the remains of my dinner
- a relic that has been excavated from the soil also: archeological remains
- the dead body of a human being also: cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay the cadaver was intended for dissectionthe end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse
remains in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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For the present Lord H-RT-NGT-N remains outside the Cabinet, and has gone to Newmarket.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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Thus there remains only Africa, the oldest yet the last-explored part of the world.
Freeland: A Social Anticipation · Theodor Hertzka · Chapter 1
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I part--oh death! for why? this world contains More care and woe than with despair remains.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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When the waiter appeared I bade him "Bring me a black coffee and then clear away the remains of Mr. Buttinbridge."
Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 · Various · Chapter 1
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The long train of white people who followed his remains to the grave, testify to the esteem in which he was held.
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6 · Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks · Chapter 1