To continue in a place; stay; abide; dwell.To continue without change as to some form, state, or quality specified: as, to remain active in business; to remain a widow.To endure; continue; last.To stay behind after others have gone; be left after a part, quantity, or number has been taken away or destroyed.To be left as not included or comprised; be held in reserve; be still to be dealt with: formerly followed in some instances by a dative.Synonyms To wait, tarry, rest, sojourn.To keep.n. The state of remaining; stay; abode.n. That which is left to be done.n. That which is left; remainder; relic: used chiefly in the plural.n. Specifically plural That which is left of a human being after life is gone; a dead body; a corpse.n. plural The productions, especially the literary works, of one who is dead; posthumous works: as, “Coleridge's Literary Remains.”n. Synonyms Scraps, fragments.n. 3–5, See relic.