Remains
[rɪ'meɪnz] or [rɪ'menz]
Definition
(noun.) any object that is left unused or still extant; 'I threw out the remains of my dinner'.
Editor: Ricky--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. [1]. Relics, remnants, scraps, fragments, leavings, remainder, refuse, odds and ends.[2]. Corpse, CORSE, CARCASS, dead body.
Checked by Ernest
Examples
- But after the building of the temple and the organization of the priesthood, the prophetic type remains over and outside the formal religious scheme. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Over most of the area of Western Central Asia and Persia and Mesopotamia, the ancient distinction of nomad and settled population remains to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ancient remains point to a much wider distribution of the Basque speech and people over Spain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If it fails on its merits, he doesn't worry or fret about it, but, on the contrary, regards it as a useful fact learned; remains cheerful and tries something else. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- At Cnossos there are Neolithic remains as old or older than any of the pre-dynastic remains of Egypt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was, consequently, a delay of some four days in building bridges out of the remains of the old railroad bridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- One more crusade remains to be noted, an expedition to Tunis by this same Louis IX, who died of fever there. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He remains in close order, clouded and depressed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is she who remains and suffers--and has the leisure to think, and brood, and remember. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I suppose if a man has something once, always something of it remains. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- One, the most trifling part of my duty, remains undischarged. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- If energy remains, it will be rather a dangerous energy--deadly when confronted with injustice. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The sound by nature undergo these tortures, and are racked, shaken, shattered; their beauty and bloom perish, but life remains untouched. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There remains therefore nothing but the senses, which can convey to us this original impression. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Typist: Ted