All remain antonyms
reΒ·main
R r verb remain
- glinting β a tiny, quick flash of light.
- hit upon β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- expulse β To expel.
- hyping β to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- circumduct β (obsolete) To lead about or astray.
- wend β to pursue or direct (one's way).
- ebb and flow β tidal movement
- go back on β at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
- cut and run β to make a rapid escape
- die out β If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
- give ground β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- barreling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- become β If someone or something becomes a particular thing, they start to change and develop into that thing, or start to develop the characteristics mentioned.
- weeds β a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- kick over β to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- make peace β the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- get lost β no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- jaunting β a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
- duck out β leave secretly
- deputed β to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
- circumlocute β to speak in a circuitous way
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- leave holding the bag β a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- waver β to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- diversify β to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- weekend β the end of a week, especially the period of time between Friday evening and Monday morning: We spent the weekend at Virginia Beach.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- in trust β reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- kick the habit β quit smoking
- commute β If you commute, you travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work.
- bust out β escape from somewhere
- husking β the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
- bandied β to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- go over the hill β a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- barrelled β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- fluctuate β to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- detach β If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- beaching β an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- make good β morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- deracinate β to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
- disestablish β to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- doubt β to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- flake off β become detached in thin pieces
- hitch a ride β hitchhike
noun remain
- conveyor β a person or thing that conveys