Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS:
    • IPA: [ɹɪˈmeɪnz]
Översättning
Substantiv
1.kvarleva {en}

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
  2. Historical or archaeological relics.
  3. The extant writings of a deceased person.
  4. All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

Exempel

  • They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery.
  • The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
  • To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness.
  • 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.
  • He couldn't bring himself to eat the remains of the chicken dinner.
  • We'll go ahead, while she remains here.

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