'Remain' definitions:

Definition of 'remain'

From: WordNet
verb
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]
verb
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]
verb
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"
verb
Stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" [syn: persist, remain, stay]

Definition of 'Remain'

From: GCIDE
  • Remain \Re*main"\, v. t. To await; to be left to. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • The easier conquest now remains thee. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Remain'

From: GCIDE
  • Remain \Re*main"\ n.
  • 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]

Definition of 'Remain'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'remain'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Remain'