remains
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re·mains
(rĭ-mānz′)pl.n.
1. All that is left after other parts have been taken away, used up, or destroyed.
2. A dead body or parts of a dead body.
3. The unpublished writings of a deceased author.
4. Ancient ruins or fossils.
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remains
(rɪˈmeɪnz)pl n
1. any pieces, scraps, fragments, etc, that are left unused or still extant, as after use, consumption, the passage of time, etc: the remains of a meal; archaeological remains.
2. the body of a dead person; corpse
3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Also called: literary remains the unpublished writings of an author at the time of his or her death
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Noun | 1. | ![]() object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one archeological 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 |
2. | ![]() dead body, body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake" cremains - the remains of a dead body after cremation |
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remains
plural noun
1. remnants, leftovers, remainder, scraps, rest, pieces, balance, traces, fragments, debris, residue, crumbs, vestiges, detritus, dregs, odds and ends, oddments, leavings the remains of their picnic
3. relics, heritage, antiquities There are Roman remains all around us.
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remains
noun1. What remains after a part has been used or subtracted:
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Translations
بَقايارُفاتفَضَلَه، الباقي
ostatkytroskyzbytky
de jordiske resterlevningerrest
jäänteet
ostaci
maradékok
jarîneskar leifar, líkleifar
遺物
잔여물
pozostatkyzvyšky
ostanki
kvarlevor
สิ่งที่เหลืออยู่
đồ thừa
remains
[rɪˈmeɪnz] NPL [of building] → restos mpl; [of food] → sobras fpl, restos mplthe remains of the picnic → los restos or las sobras del picnic
human remains → restos mpl humanos
Roman remains → ruinas fpl romanas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
remains
[rɪˈmeɪnz] nplCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
remains
pl (of meal) → Reste pl; (of fortune, army) → Rest m; (of building) → Überreste pl; (= archaeological remains) → Ruinen pl; his (mortal) remains → seine sterblichen Überreste; human remains → menschliche Überreste pl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
remains
[rɪˈmeɪnz] npl (gen) → resti mpl; (of food) → avanzi mplthe remains of his fortune → ciò che restava del suo patrimonio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
remain
(rəˈmein) verb1. to be left. Only two tins of soup remain; Very little remained of the cinema after the fire; A great many things still remain to be done.
2. to stay; not to leave. I shall remain here.
3. to continue to be. The problem remains unsolved.
reˈmainder (-də) noun the amount or number that is left when the rest has gone, been taken away etc. I've corrected most of the essays – the remainder will get done tomorrow.
reˈmains noun plural1. what is left after part has been taken away, eaten, destroyed etc. the remains of a meal.
2. a dead body. to dispose of someone's remains.
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remains
→ بَقايا trosky levninger Überreste απομεινάρια restos jäänteet restes ostaci resti 遺物 잔여물 overblijfselen rester resztki restos, sobras останки kvarlevor สิ่งที่เหลืออยู่ kalıntı đồ thừa 残余Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
remains
n., pl. restos, despojos.
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