The meaning of REMAIN is to be a part not destroyed, taken, or used up. How to use remain in a sentence.

Remains definition: any pieces, scraps, fragments, etc, that are left unused or still extant, as after use, consumption, the passage of time, etc. See examples of REMAINS used in a sentence.

Rescue workers searched the remains of the house. A person’s remains are that person’s dead body.

Definition of remains noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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

The word remains can mean a dead body, so a detective might investigate to find out if some bones found in a lake are human or non-human remains. You can also use remains to mean …

3 meanings: 1. any pieces, scraps, fragments, etc, that are left unused or still extant, as after use, consumption, the passage.... Click for more definitions.

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.

REMAINS meaning: 1 : the dead body of a person or animal; 2 : the parts of something that are left when the other parts are gone or used

If something remains, it continues to exist when other parts or things no longer do: