English-Dutch translations for remains

• overblijfselen
  Dat is de enige en beste bijdrage die het aan de overblijfselen van Europa kan leveren. This is the only and the best contribution France can make to what remains of Europe.
  Het compromis dat vandaag zal worden goedgekeurd is geen compromis dat de overblijfselen van een sociaal Europa in leven houdt. The compromise due to be adopted today is not one that keeps alive the remains of a social Europe.
  Het stof op de maan is al opvallend genoeg, daar hoeven de overblijfselen van de crematie van mensen hier op aarde niet nog eens bij te komen. Moon-dust is strange enough on its own without being further altered by the addition of the cremated remains of human beings.

Definition of remains

• What is left after a person dies; a corpse
• Historical or archaeological relics
• All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants

Examples

• They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery
• The victims remains were one small piece of bone.
• To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness
• He couldnt bring himself to eat the remains of the chicken dinner
• Well go ahead, while she remains here.

Related words

• remain
• remainder
• remaining
• remainders
• Tremaine
• remain to be seen
• remain hungry
• remain silent
• remain detached