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remains

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remains in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. 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 
  2. 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

 
  1. (noun) What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
  2. (noun) A relic of an ancient building or other structure.
  3. (noun) All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
  4. (noun) (rare) (plural of/remain)
  5. (verb) (third-person singular of/remain)
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