Verb
1. 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"2. continue in a place, position, or situation;
"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"3. 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"4. stay behind;
"The smell stayed in the room""The hostility remained long after they made up"