Stay the same; remain in a certain state:
— The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it.
— He remained unmoved by her tears.

synoniemen: rest, stay.

Roget 186: exist in space, be present etc. adj.; assister^†; make one of, make one at; look on, attend, remain; find oneself, present oneself; show one's face; fall in the way of, occur in a place; lie, stand; occupy; be there.    people; inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch; take up one's abode etc. (be located) 184; tenant.    resort to, frequent, haunt; revisit.    fill, pervade, permeate; be diffused, be disseminated, be through; over spread, overrun; run through; meet one at every turn.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 265: be quiescent etc. adj.; stand still, lie still; keep quiet, repose, hold the breath.    remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop etc. (discontinue) 142.    stagnate; quieta non movere [Lat.]; let alone; abide, rest and be thankful; keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed.    dwell etc. (be present) 186; settle etc. (be located) 184; alight etc. (arrive) 292; stick, stick fast; stand like a post; not stir a peg, not stir a step; be at a stand etc. n.. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 40: remain; be left etc. adj.; exceed, survive; leave.   

Roget 141: let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet (copy editing) hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby^†, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: bestendigen, blijven, consolideren, stabiliseren

Continue in a place, position, or situation:
— Despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year.

synoniemen: continue, stay, stay on.

Roget 1: exist, be; have being etc. n.; subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur etc. (event) 151; have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate.    consist in, lie in; be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by.    come into existence etc. n.; arise etc. (begin) 66; come forth etc. (appear) 446.    become etc. (be converted) 144; bring into existence etc. 161.    abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 110: last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years.    tarry etc. (be late) 133; drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain; protract, prolong; spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out; temporize; gain time, make time, talk against time.    outlast, outlive; survive; live to fight again.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: blijven, plakken

Be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc..

Nederlands: overblijven, overschieten, resten, resteren

Stay behind:
— The hostility remained long after they made up.

synoniemen: persist, stay.

Roget 106: continue last endure, go on, remain, persist; intervene; elapse etc. 109; hold out.    take time, take up time, fill time, occupy time.    pass time, pass away time, spend time, while away time, consume time, talk against time; tide over; use time, employ time; seize an opportunity etc. 134; waste time etc. (be inactive) 683.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: blijven