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Remain

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThat which is left; relic; remainder.
2.NounThat which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
3.NounPosthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
4.NounState of remaining; stay.
5.VerbTo stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
"After three rounds of interviews, only 5 candidates remained.; I like to make more than enough food if I have people round for dinner, so I can eat my way through what remains in the following days."
6.VerbTo be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
"If you divide 20 apples between three people, each gets six and two remain."
7.VerbTo continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
"Promise me you will always remain my good little girl."
8.VerbTo await; to be left to.
9.VerbTo continue in a state of being.
"There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.; The light remained red for two full minutes."
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