Main entry: remain, rest, stay
Definition: stay the same; remain in a certain state
Usage: 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
Main entry: remain
Definition: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
Usage: 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
Main entry: remain, stay, stay on, continue
Definition: continue in a place, position, or situation
Usage: 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
Main entry: remain, stay, persist
Definition: stay behind
Usage: The smell stayed in the room; The hostility remained long after they made up