<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.</li><li>to stay behind or in the same place: to remain at home; I'll remain here when you go to the airport.</li><li>to be left after the removal, loss, destruction, etc., of all else: The front wall is all that remains of the fort.</li><li>to be left to be done, told, shown, etc.: Only the dishwashing remains.</li><li>to be reserved or in store.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something that remains or is left.</li><li>remains, miscellaneous, fragmentary, or other writings still unpublished at the time of an author's death.</li><li>traces of some quality, condition, etc.</li><li>a dead body; corpse.</li><li>parts or substances remaining from animal or plant life that occur in the earth's crust or strata: fossil remains; organic remains.</li></ul>