remains
remains is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, remains is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofremains
- (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
- (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
- Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
- State of remaining; stay.
- 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.
- To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
Example: "There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry."
- To await; to be left to.
- To continue in a state of being.
Example: "The light remained red for two full minutes."
- What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
Example: "The victim's remains were one small piece of bone."
- Historical or archaeological relics.
- The extant writings of a deceased person.
Example: "To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness."
- All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
Example: "He couldn't bring himself to eat the remains of the chicken dinner."
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