remain
remain is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. xv.
- 2.That . . . remains to be proved. Locke.
- 3.To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. Remain a widow at thy father's house. Gen. xxxviii.
- 4.Childless thou art; childless remain. Milton.
- 5.To await; to be left to. [Archaic] The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton.
- 6.State of remaining; stay. [Obs.] Which often, since my here remain in England, I 've seen him do. Shak.
- 7.That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. "The remains of old Rome." Addison. When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. Burke.
- 8.Specif., in the plural: (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. Old warriors whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains! Pope. (b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- abstain
- abstinence
- alone
- among
- and
- aside
- away
- back
- cast
- creation
- destroy
- desuetude
- discard
- dismantle
- dismiss
- dispense
- disusage
- disuse
- done
- dukedom
- eject
- for
- forbear
- forbearance
- giant
- give
- habit
- have
- heart
- heave
- keep
- lay
- leave
- let
- lie
- live
- lived
- long
- look
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is remain.
- What is of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. xv called?
- What is to continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. Remain a widow at thy father's house. Gen. xxxviii called?
- What is childless thou art; childless remain. Milton called?
- What is to await; to be left to. [Archaic] The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton called?
- What is state of remaining; stay. [Obs.] Which often, since my here remain in England, I 've seen him do. Shak called?
- What is that which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. "The remains of old Rome." Addison. When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. Burke called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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