| leftover | | |
| n. (linkdef) | 1. leftover, remnant | a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists. |
| ~ remainder, residual, residuum, rest, residue, balance | something left after other parts have been taken away.; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" |
| adj. | 2. left, left over, leftover, odd, remaining, unexpended | not used up.; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions" |
| ~ unexhausted | not used up completely.; "an unexhausted well" |
| remainder | | |
| n. (linkdef) | 1. balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest | something left after other parts have been taken away.; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" |
| ~ component part, part, portion, component, constituent | something determined in relation to something that includes it.; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" |
| ~ leftover, remnant | a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. remainder | the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor. |
| ~ number | a concept of quantity involving zero and units.; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" |
| n. (quantity) | 3. difference, remainder | the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend. |
| ~ balance | the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account. |
| ~ number | a concept of quantity involving zero and units.; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. end, oddment, remainder, remnant | a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold. |
| ~ fag end | the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope. |
| ~ piece of cloth, piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric. |
| v. (possession) | 5. remainder | sell cheaply as remainders.; "The publisher remaindered the books" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ sell | exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
| remains | | |
| n. (object) | 1. remains | any object that is left unused or still extant.; "I threw out the remains of my dinner" |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ archeological remains | a relic that has been excavated from the soil. |
| ~ fossil | the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil. |
| n. (body) | 2. cadaver, clay, corpse, remains, stiff | 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" |
| ~ dead body, body | a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person.; "they found the body in the lake" |
| ~ cremains | the remains of a dead body after cremation. |
| remnant | | |
| residue | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. residue | matter that remains after something has been removed. |
| ~ matter | that which has mass and occupies space.; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" |
| ~ crackling, greaves | the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered. |
| ~ ash | the residue that remains when something is burned. |
| ~ cotton cake, cottonseed cake | the solid matter remaining after oil has been pressed from cottonseeds. |
| ~ dottle | the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking. |
| scrap | | |
| n. (object) | 1. bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole.; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" |
| ~ fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else.; "a fragment of rock" |
| ~ matchwood | fragments of wood.; "it was smashed into matchwood" |
| ~ exfoliation, scurf, scale | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin. |
| ~ scurf | (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts. |
| ~ sliver, splinter | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal.; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" |
| n. (substance) | 2. rubbish, scrap, trash | worthless material that is to be disposed of. |
| ~ waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
| ~ scrap metal | discarded metal suitable for reprocessing.; "he finally sold the car for scrap metal" |
| ~ debris, detritus, junk, rubble, dust | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. |
| ~ litter | rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. scrap | a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used.; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left" |
| ~ piece | a separate part of a whole.; "an important piece of the evidence" |
| n. (act) | 4. combat, fight, fighting, scrap | the act of fighting; any contest or struggle.; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" |
| ~ gunfight, gunplay, shootout | a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten. |
| ~ conflict, struggle, battle | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).; "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" |
| ~ encounter, skirmish, clash, brush | a minor short-term fight. |
| ~ close-quarter fighting | hand-to-hand fighting at close quarters. |
| ~ dogfight | a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling). |
| ~ fencing | the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules). |
| ~ in-fighting | conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders). |
| ~ set-to | a brief but vigorous fight. |
| ~ shock, impact | the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat.; "the armies met in the shock of battle" |
| ~ rough-and-tumble, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, hassle | disorderly fighting. |
| ~ affaire d'honneur, duel | a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor. |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| ~ fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest | a fight with bare fists. |
| ~ battering, banging | the act of subjecting to strong attack. |
| ~ beating, whipping | the act of overcoming or outdoing. |
| ~ fray, affray, ruffle, disturbance | a noisy fight. |
| ~ free-for-all, brawl | a noisy fight in a crowd. |
| ~ cut-and-thrust, knife fight, snickersnee | fighting with knives. |
| ~ gang fight, rumble | a fight between rival gangs of adolescents. |
| ~ single combat | a fight between two people.; "in all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat" |
| v. (possession) | 5. junk, scrap, trash | dispose of (something useless or old).; "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" |
| ~ cast aside, cast away, chuck out, discard, throw away, toss away, toss out, cast out, dispose, put away, throw out, fling, toss | throw or cast away.; "Put away your worries" |
| v. (communication) | 6. altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap | have a disagreement over something.; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" |
| ~ argue, contend, debate, fence | have an argument about something. |
| ~ brawl, wrangle | to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively.; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" |
| ~ spat | engage in a brief and petty quarrel. |
| ~ polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemize | engage in a controversy.; "The two historians polemicized for years" |
| ~ fall out | have a breach in relations.; "We fell out over a trivial question" |
| v. (change) | 7. scrap | make into scrap or refuse.; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts" |
| ~ convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something.; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
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