Live

[lɪv]

Definition

(verb.) lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; 'we had to live frugally after the war'.

(verb.) pursue a positive and satisfying existence; 'You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live'.

(adj.) exerting force or containing energy; 'live coals'; 'tossed a live cigarette out the window'; 'got a shock from a live wire'; 'live ore is unmined ore'; 'a live bomb'; 'a live ball is one in play' .

(adj.) of current relevance; 'a live issue'; 'still a live option' .

(adj.) in current use or ready for use; 'live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread' .

(adj.) abounding with life and energy; 'the club members are a really live bunch' .

(adj.) actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing; 'a live television program'; 'brought to you live from Lincoln Center'; 'live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience' .

(adj.) charged with an explosive; 'live ammunition'; 'a live bomb' .

(adj.) highly reverberant; 'a live concert hall' .

(adv.) not recorded; 'the opera was broadcast live'.

Inputed by Annie--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.

(v. i.) To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.

(v. i.) To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside.

(v. i.) To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.

(v. i.) To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness.

(v. i.) To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.

(v. i.) To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.

(v. i.) To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.

(v. i.) To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.

(v. t.) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.

(v. t.) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.

(a.) Having life; alive; living; not dead.

(a.) Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers.

(a.) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.

(a.) Vivid; bright.

(a.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe.

(n.) Life.

Typed by Ethan

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Exist, breathe, have being, have life, be alive, keep soul and body together.[2]. Remain, continue, endure, be permanent.[3]. Dwell, abide, reside, have lodgings, have one's quarters, be quartered.[4]. Feed, subsist, be nourished, be supported, obtain a livelihood.[5]. Enjoy life, be happy.

a. Living, alive, not dead.

Typed by Bartholdi

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Animate

ANT:Inanimate, defunct

SYN:Vegetate, grow, survive, continue, abide, dwell, last, subsist, behave, act,breathe, exist

ANT:Die, perish, wither, demise, migrate, vanish, fade, fail, languish, depart,drop, decease

Checker: Sheena

Definition

adj. having life: alive not dead: active: containing fire: burning: vivid.—Lived (līvd) used in compounds as long-lived.—ns. Live′-axle driving-axle; Live′-bait a living worm or minnow used in fishing: Live′-cir′cuit a circuit through which an electric current is flowing.—n.pl. Live′-feath′ers those plucked from the living fowl.—n. Live′-lē′ver that one of a pair of brake-levers to which the power is first applied:—opp. to Dead-lever.—adj. Live′-long that lives or lasts long.—ns. Live′-oak an American oak with durable wood; Live′-shell a shell loaded and fused for firing or fired and not yet exploded; Live′-stock domestic animals esp. horses cattle sheep and pigs; Live′-well the well in a fishing-boat where fish are kept alive.

v.i. to have or continue in life temporal or spiritual: to last subsist: to enjoy life: to direct one's course of life: to be nourished or supported: to dwell.—v.t. to spend: to act in conformity to:—pr.p. liv′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. lived.—adj. Liv′able capable of being lived: habitable.—n. Liv′er.—Live down live so as to cause a slander a grief &c. to be forgotten by one's self or others; Live out to continue alive until the end of anything: (U.S.) to be from home in domestic service; Live under to be tenant to; Live up to to rule one's life according to some standard.

Checked by Groves

Examples

Checker: Velma

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