Meaning of remains

(noun) any object that is left unused or still extant; "I threw out the remains of my dinner"

a relic that has been excavated from the soil

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"