remains
noun
[ rɪˈmeɪnz ]
• the parts left over after other parts have been removed, used, or destroyed.
• "the remains of a sandwich lunch were on the table"
Similar:
remainder,
residue,
remaining part/number/quantity,
rest,
remnant,
remnants,
leftovers,
leavings,
scraps,
debris,
detritus,
residuum,
Origin:
late Middle English (occasionally treated as singular): from Old French remain, from remaindre, from an informal form of Latin remanere (see remain).
remain
verb
• continue to exist, especially after other similar people or things have ceased to do so.
• "a cloister is all that remains of the monastery"
Similar:
continue to exist,
endure,
last,
abide,
go on,
carry on,
persist,
hang in the air,
stay around/round,
stand,
be extant,
hold out,
prevail,
survive,
live on,
residual,
surviving,
left,
left over,
unused,
extra,
surplus,
spare,
superfluous,
excess,
in excess,
in addition,
lasting,
enduring,
continuing,
persisting,
lingering,
abiding,
long-lived,
(still) existing,
extant,
in existence,
living,
lifelong,
long-term,
perennial,
• be left over or outstanding after others or other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with.
• "a more intractable problem remains"
Similar:
be left,
be left over,
be still available,
be unused,
have not yet passed,
have not yet expired,
unsettled,
outstanding,
unresolved,
unfinished,
incomplete,
to be done,
undone,
not done,
unattended to,
unpaid,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remanere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + manere ‘to stay’.
