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remains in WordNet English dictionary
noun- 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"
cadaver corpse stiff clay remains
- any object that is left unused or still extant
"I threw out the remains of my dinner"
remains
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remains in English Wiktionary
- (noun) What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
- (noun) A relic of an ancient building or other structure.
- (noun) All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
- (noun) (rare) (plural of/remain)
- (verb) (third-person singular of/remain)
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