remains
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6.0
- noun
- /rɪˈmeɪnz/
- Formal
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restos mortales
- And it was here that we discovered the ancient remains of the Sandy Aguins.
- human remains
- skeletal remains
- cremated remains
The pilot of the plane flying his father's remains to Dallas is his son.
- The pilot of the plane flying his father's remains to Dallas is his son.
- Many of these skulls and other human remains still remain in in Germany.
- And to tell you the truth, we don't find skeletonized remains that often.
Examples
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The Reverend Charles Harris and his wife came to view the remains of their daughter together.
Fiction book (1996) -
By the law of averages, his mortal remains should be here, too.
Fiction book (1994) -
And he spent days and weeks trying to find the remains of his brothers that died that day.
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You live among the remains of dead people.
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I have jurisdiction over the remains of his body.
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I'll have someone come talk to you about handling the remains.
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The news is on, and they are showing the remains of an airline disaster.
Fiction book (1990) -
Human remains found on a property in Hernando County are believed to be that of a girl who went missing five years ago from a...
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When the ashes had cooled, they carried the remains of Louisa's body out of the fire.
Fiction book (1994) -
The archaeologists carefully examined the remains found at the ancient burial site.
Synonyms
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1.6
The dead remains of a person or animal
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4.9
A dead body of a person
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1.6
A person or animal that is no longer alive
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8.2
A dead human body used for medical study or teaching
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9.9
The human body in old writing, usually a dead body
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9.1
A dead body of a person
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9.9
A dead person or animal
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4.3
A person who has died
An old word for a dead person
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Etymology
Remains comes from the Latin remanere, 'to stay behind', and that is why in a formal way we call a dead person's body their remains—they are what 'stayed' after death or after time has passed.