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US
/ɹiˈmeɪnz, ɹɪˈmeɪnz/
]
[ UK /ɹɪmˈeɪnz/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪmˈeɪnz/ ]
NOUN
- a relic that has been excavated from the soil
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the dead body of a human being
the cadaver was intended for dissection
the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river
honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse -
any object that is left unused or still extant
I threw out the remains of my dinner
How To Use remains In A Sentence
- A few fields have the remains of small sunken stone dwellings, intimate as those at Skara Brae.
- Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
- McCarthy remains dismissive of the allegations and defensive of the former sergeant, saying he was "brutalized" by his colleagues, in particular, by a few senior officers "exerting locker room peer pressure" in the department ranks. MPNnow Home RSS
- Another tomb of interest (and of which we will speak in extenso in the next instalment of this series) is the tomb of the Pope Clement II, the only pope to be buried north of the Alps. The statue, sculpted by the same (unknown) sculptor as the Horseman, was originally the slab of the tomb, which remains on the west choir, behind the cathedra: Catholic Bamberg: The Cathedral
- Although alcoholism remains the number one dependency problem among judges and lawyers, the face of addiction continues to change.
- Then, as they approached the docks, the diggers stared in awe at the remains of the once-mighty Imperial Japanese Navy.
- Petrifications, where no organic material remains, are usually prepared as thin sections or polished and studied under reflected light.
- President Nixon devalues the dollar, journeys to Peking and Moscow; the future remains unknown.
- If he fails to do so, he is held liable, whereas in an action for negligence the legal burden in most cases remains throughout on the plaintiff.
- More easily digestible food remains in the compartment for less time. Times, Sunday Times