remain

Verb
  1. Stay the same;
    Remain in a certain state (synset 200117793)
    "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"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    subtypes:
    • keep out - remain outside
    • sit tight - maintain the same position; wait it out
    • stay together, stick together - be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble
    • stand - remain inactive or immobile
    • keep, stay fresh - fail to spoil or rot
    • be - to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
    same as: rest, stay
  2. Continue in a place, position, or situation (synset 202733337)
    "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"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
    subtypes:
    same as: continue, stay, stay on
  3. Be left;
    Of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc. (synset 202643676)
    "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"
    is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  4. Stay behind (synset 202736899)
    "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
    subtypes:
    • stick - endure
    • linger - remain present although waning or gradually dying
    same as: persist, stay

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