remains (n.)

  1. any object that is left unused or still extant; I threw out the remains of my dinner'

  2. the dead body of a human being; the cadaver was intended for dissection; the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse; the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river; honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay

    [ Syn: cadaver , corpse , stiff , clay ]

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