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Remains Parts Remained Left Person Animal Body Died

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The r______ of a person or animal are the parts of their body that are left after they have died, sometimes after they have been dead for a long time.The remains of a person or animal are the parts of their body that are left after they have died, sometimes after they have been dead for a long time.
The unrecognizable remains of a man had been found.
More human remains have been unearthed in the north of the country.
word remain
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verb
If someone or something remains in a particular state or condition, they stay in that state or condition and do not change.
The three men remained silent.
The situation remains tense.
The government remained in control.
He remained a formidable opponent.
It remains possible that bad weather could tear more holes in the tanker's hull.
If you remain in a place, you stay there and do not move away .
He will have to remain in hospital for at least 10 days.
From time to time, James remained at home with his family.
You can say that something remains when it still exists .
Many of the differences in everyday life remain.
The wider problem remains.
There remains deep mistrust of his government.
If something remains to be done, it has not yet been done and still needs to be done.
Major questions remain to be answered about his work.
Huge amounts of weapons remain to be collected.
You can use remain in expressions such as the fact remains that or the question remains whether to introduce and emphasize something that you want to talk about.
The fact remains that inflation is unacceptably high.
The question remains whether he was fully aware of the claims.
noun
The remains of something are the parts of it that are left after most of it has been taken away or destroyed .
They were tidying up the remains of their picnic.
...the charred remains of a tank.
...the remains of an ancient mosque.
The remains of a person or animal are the parts of their body that are left after they have died, sometimes after they have been dead for a long time.
The unrecognizable remains of a man had been found.
More human remains have been unearthed in the north of the country.
Historical remains are things that have been found from an earlier period of history, usually buried in the ground, for example parts of buildings and pieces of pottery .
There are Roman remains all around us.
inflections remainsremainingremained
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