LIVE

alive, live

(adjective) capable of erupting; “a live volcano”; “the volcano is very much alive”

live, alive(p)

(adjective) possessing life; “the happiest person alive”; “the nerve is alive”; “doctors are working hard to keep him alive”; “burned alive”; “a live canary”

live

(adjective) 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”

hot, live

(adjective) charged or energized with electricity; “a hot wire”; “a live wire”

live

(adjective) of current relevance; “a live issue”; “still a live option”

live

(adjective) in current use or ready for use; “live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread”

live

(adjective) abounding with life and energy; “the club members are a really live bunch”

bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy

(adjective) elastic; rebounds readily; “clean bouncy hair”; “a lively tennis ball”; “as resilient as seasoned hickory”; “springy turf”

live, unrecorded

(adjective) 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”

live

(adjective) charged with an explosive; “live ammunition”; “a live bomb”

live

(adjective) highly reverberant; “a live concert hall”

live

(adverb) not recorded; “the opera was broadcast live”

know, experience, live

(verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; “I know the feeling!”; “have you ever known hunger?”; “I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict”; “The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare”; “I lived through two divorces”

be, live

(verb) have life, be alive; “Our great leader is no more”; “My grandfather lived until the end of war”

live

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

live

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

exist, survive, live, subsist

(verb) support oneself; “he could barely exist on such a low wage”; “Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?”; “Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day”

survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out

(verb) continue to live and avoid dying; “We went without water and food for 3 days”; “These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America”; “The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents”; “how long can a person last without food and water?” “One crash victim died, the other lived”

populate, dwell, live, inhabit

(verb) be an inhabitant of or reside in; “People lived in Africa millions of years ago”; “The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted”; “this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean”; “deer are populating the woods”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Verb

live (third-person singular simple present lives, present participle living, simple past and past participle lived)

(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.

(intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

(intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.

(intransitive, hyperbole) To cope.

(intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.

(transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

(transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.

(intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).

(intransitive, followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.

(intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

Synonyms

• (to have permanent residence somewhere): dwell; See also reside

• (to survive): go on, last, remain; See also persist

Usage notes

Throughout Late Middle English and Early Modern English in Midlands and Northern dialects, the present participle form livand co-occurs with the form living.

Etymology 2

See alive

Adjective

live (not comparable)

(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.

Being in existence; actual

Having active properties; being energized.

Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.

(programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.

Antonym: dead

Taken from a living animal.

(engineering) Imparting power; having motion.

(sports) Still in active play.

(broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.

(of a performance or speech) In person.

(entertainment, performing) Recorded in front of an audience and not having been edited after recording.

Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.

(circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.

(poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.

Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.

Being in a state of ignition; burning.

(obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.

(obsolete) Vivid; bright.

Usage notes

• Live in the sense of "having life" is used only attributively (before a noun), as in "live animals". Predicatively (after the noun), alive is used, as in "be alive". Living may be used either attributively or predicatively.

Synonyms

• (having life): living, alive; see also alive

• (being in existence): real

• (electrically charged): hot

• (in person): in person, in the flesh

Antonyms

• (having life): dead

• (capable of causing harm): blank, dummy

• (electrically charged): neutral, dead

• (as it happens): recorded, prerecorded

• (in person): broadcast

• (featuring humans): animated

Compounds

• live actors

• live action

• live album

• live broadcast

• live recording

Adverb

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)

Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.

Of making a performance or speech, in person.

Noun

live (plural lives)

(obsolete) life

Anagrams

• Levi, Viel, evil, veil, vile, vlei

Source: Wiktionary

Live, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lived; p. pr. & vb. n. Living.] Etym: [OE. liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. lebn, Dan. leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the first sense prob. was, to cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay; and hence, to live.]

1. 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. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will . . . lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live. Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 6.

2. 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. O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions! Ecclus. xli. 1.

3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside. Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. Gen. xlvii. 28.

4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc. Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. Shak.

5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness. What greater curse could envious fortune give Than just to die when I began to live Dryden.

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

7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith. The just shall live by faith. Gal. iii. ll.

8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils. Those who live by labor. Sir W. Temple.

9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm. A strong mast that lived upon the sea. Shak. To live out, to be at service; to live away from home as a servant. [U. S.] -- To live with. (a) To dwell or to be a lodger with. (b) To cohabit with; to have intercourse with, as male with female.

Live, v. t.

1. 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.

2. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice. To live the Gospel. Foxe. To live down, to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to live down slander.

Live, a. Etym: [Abbreviated from alive. See Alive, Life.]

1. Having life; alive; living; not dead. If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it. Ex. xxi. 35.

2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers. " The live ether." Thomson.

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

4. Vivid; bright. " The live carnation." Thomson.

5. (Engin.)

Definition: Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe. Live birth, the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. Dunglison.

– Live box, a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. P. H. Gosse.

– Live feathers, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic.

– Live gang. (Sawing) See under Gang.

– Live grass (Bot.), a grass of the genus Eragrostis.

– Live load (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof. Live oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus virens), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the Q. chrysolepis and some other species are also called live oaks.

– Live ring (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns.

– Live steam , steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from exhaust steam.

– Live stock, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body.

Live, n.

Definition: Life. [Obs.] Chaucer. On live, in life; alive. [Obs.] See Alive. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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