remain

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To continue in the same state or condition: These matters remain in doubt.
2. v. To continue to be in the same place; stay or stay behind: We are remaining at home.
3. v. To be left after the removal, loss, passage, or destruction of others: Only a few trees remain. See Synonyms at stay¹.
4. v. To be left as still to be dealt with: A cure remains to be found.
5. v. To endure or persist.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To continue in a place; stay; abide; dwell.
2. To continue without change as to some form, state, or quality specified: as, to remain active in business; to remain a widow.
3. To endure; continue; last.
4. To stay behind after others have gone; be left after a part, quantity, or number has been taken away or destroyed.
5. To be left as not included or comprised; be held in reserve; be still to be dealt with: formerly followed in some instances by a dative.
6. Synonyms To wait, tarry, rest, sojourn.
7. To keep.
8. n. The state of remaining; stay; abode.
9. n. That which is left to be done.
10. n. That which is left; remainder; relic: used chiefly in the plural.
11. n. Specifically plural That which is left of a human being after life is gone; a dead body; a corpse.
12. n. plural The productions, especially the literary works, of one who is dead; posthumous works: as, “Coleridge's Literary Remains.”
13. n. Synonyms Scraps, fragments.
14. n. 3–5, See relic.

Wiktionary

1. n. State of remaining; stay.
2. n. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
3. n. remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
4. n. The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.
5. v. 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.
6. v. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
7. v. To await; to be left to.
8. v. copulative To continue in a state of being.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. 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.
2. v. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
3. v. Archaic To await; to be left to.
4. n. obsolete State of remaining; stay.
5. n. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
6. n. That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
7. n. The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
2. v. continue in a place, position, or situation
3. v. stay the same; remain in a certain state
4. v. stay behind