remain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: remain	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for remain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remain v stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" Synonym(s): stay, remain, rest Antonym(s): change continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year" Synonym(s): stay, stay on, continue, remain be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" Synonym(s): persist, remain, stay
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remain \Remain"\ (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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remain \Re*main"\, v. t. To await; to be left to. [Archaic] The easier conquest now remains thee. --Milton.