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What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse. examples
Historical or archaeological relics. examples
The extant writings of a deceased person. examples
All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants. quotations examples
Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess
(rare) plural of remain
third-person singular simple present indicative of remain examples