be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc., stay the same; remain in a certain state, To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised, transitive Archaic To await; to be left to, intransitive To continue in the same state or condition, To be left as still to be dealt with, To endure or persist, noun_ That which is left; remainder; relic_ used chiefly in the plural, That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body, State of remaining; stay