REMAINS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does remains mean? 

• REMAINS (noun)
  The noun REMAINS has 3 senses:

1. any object that is left unused or still extant

2. a relic that has been excavated from the soil

3. the dead body of a human being

  Familiarity information: REMAINS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REMAINS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any object that is left unused or still extant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

I threw out the remains of my dinner

Hypernyms ("remains" is a kind of...):

object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remains"):

archeological remains; remains (a relic that has been excavated from the soil)

fossil (the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A relic that has been excavated from the soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

archeological remains; remains

Hypernyms ("remains" is a kind of...):

relic (an antiquity that has survived from the distant past)

remains (any object that is left unused or still extant)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The dead body of a human being

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cadaver; clay; corpse; remains; stiff

Context example:

honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay

Hypernyms ("remains" is a kind of...):

body; dead body (a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remains"):

cremains (the remains of a dead body after cremation)

 Context examples 

A few words may suffice to tell the little that remains.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Presently, he proceeded as before: It only remains for me, to bear the knowledge of the unhappiness I have occasioned, as submissively as I can.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Due to small particle size, ferumoxytol remains in the intravasculature for a prolonged period and so may be used as a blood pool agent.

(Ferumoxytol Non-Stoichiometric Magnetite, NCI Thesaurus)

The number of chromosomes remains the same in this type of cell division.

(Mitosis, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

If you do make a promise to your partner, Saturn will see to it that your union remains solid.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Are you coming with us to see the remains of your bust, Mr. Harker?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You may depend upon it, Madam,” said Miss Bingley, with cold civility, “that Miss Bennet will receive every possible attention while she remains with us.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

While ORC remains bound to origins throughout the cell cycle, the binding of ORC and other factors modulates local chromatin structure to facilitate replication initiation.

(ORC Subunit Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

An osteosarcoma arising from the soft tissues and remains confined to the primary anatomical site.

(Non-Metastatic Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Although UNBS5162 is a derivative of amonafide, this agent appears to have a different profile to that of amonafide and its exact mechanism of action remains to be fully elucidated.

(Naphthalimide Analogue UNBS5162, NCI Thesaurus)