Hyphenation of Remains

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Remains? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Re-mains

Definitions of Remains:

1.
Any object that is left unused or still extant
I threw out the remains of my dinner
2.
The dead body of a human being
The cadaver was intended for dissection The end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse The murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river Honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
3.
Stay the same
Remain in a certain state 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
4.
Continue in a place, position, or situation
After graduation
5.
She stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser
Stay with me
6.
Please
Despite student protests
7.
He remained Dean for another year
She continued as deputy mayor for another year
8.
Be left
Of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc. 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
9.
Stay behind
The smell stayed in the room The hostility remained long after they made up

Synonyms of Remains:

noun object, physical object
noun cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, body, dead body

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