2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remain \Re*main"\ (r?-m?n"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Remained}
(-m?nd"); p. pr & vb n. {Remaining}.] [OF. remaindre,
remanoir L. remanere pref. re- re- + manere to stay,
remain. See {Mansion}, and cf {Remainder}, {Remnant}.]
1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after
others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a
number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off to be
left as not included or comprised.
Gather up the fragments that remain. --John vi 12.
Of whom the greater part remain unto this present,
but some are fallen asleep. --1 Cor. xv
6.
That . . . remains to be proved. --Locke.
2. To continue unchanged in place form or condition, or
undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to
last
Remain a widow at thy father's house. --Gen.
xxxviii 11.
Childless thou art; childless remain. --Milton.
Syn: To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell;
abide; last endure.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
remaining
adj 1: being the remaining one or ones of several; "tried to sell
the remaining books"
2: not used up "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money
left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars
left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper";
"unexpended provisions" [syn: {leftover}, {left over(p)},
{left(p)}, {odd}, {unexpended}]
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