Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
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an organ in other animals similar to the human liver, often used as food.
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a diseased condition of the liver; biliousness: a touch of liver.
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a reddish-brown color.
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a rubberlike, irreversible thickening suspension occurring in paint, ink, etc., due to a chemical reaction between a colloidal pigment and a vehicle or as a result of polymerization of the vehicle.
–adjective
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of the color of liver.
–verb (used without object)
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(of paint, ink, etc.) to undergo irreversible thickening.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE lifer, c. D lever, G Leber, ON lifr; perh. akin to Gk liparós fat]
of, pertaining to, or during the life of a living being: the animal's live weight.
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characterized by or indicating the presence of living creatures: the live sounds of the forest.
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Informal. (of a person) energetic; alert; lively: The club members are a really live bunch.
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full of life, energy or activity: His approach in any business dealing is live and fresh.
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burning or glowing: live coals in the fireplace.
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having resilience or bounce: a live tennis ball.
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being in play, as a baseball or football.
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loaded or unexploded, as a cartridge or shell: live ammunition.
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made up of actual persons: to perform before a live audience.
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(of a radio or television program) broadcast while happening or being performed; not prerecorded or taped: a live telecast.
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being highly resonant or reverberant, as an auditorium or concert hall.
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vivid or bright, as color.
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of current interest or importance, as a question or issue; controversial; unsettled.
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moving or imparting motion; powered: the live head on a lathe.
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still in use, or to be used, as type set up or copy for printing.
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Also, alive.Electricity. electrically connected to a source of potential difference, or electrically charged so as to have a potential different from that of earth: a live wire.
–adverb
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(of a radio or television program) at the moment of its happening or being performed; not on tape or by prerecording: a program broadcast live.
—Idiom
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live one, Slang.
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a person who spends money readily.
b.
a person easily imposed upon or made the dupe of others.
[Origin: 1535–45; 1930–35 for def. 11; aph. var. of alive, used attributively]
Anatomy A large, reddish-brown, glandular vertebrate organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity that secretes bile and is active in the formation of certain blood proteins and in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
An organ in invertebrates that is similar to the vertebrate liver.
The bile-secreting organ of an animal, used as food.
A dark reddish brown.
adj.
Made of or flavored with liver: liver pâté; liver sandwiches.
Of a dark reddish brown.
[Middle English, from Old English lifer; see leip- in Indo-European roots.]
"secreting organ of the body," O.E. lifer, from P.Gmc. *librn (cf. O.N. lifr, O.Fris. livere, M.Du. levere, O.H.G. lebara, Ger. Leber "liver"), perhaps lit. "fatten up." In M.E. it rivaled the heart as the supposed seat of love and passion, hence lily-livered (see lily).
large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
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liver of an animal used as meat
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a person who has a special life style; "a high liver"
A large glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrate animals that is essential to many metabolic processes. The liver secretes bile, stores fat and sugar as reserve energy sources, converts harmful substances to less toxic forms, and regulates the amount of blood in the body.
A large organ, located on the right side of the abdomen and protected by the lower rib cage, that produces bile and bloodproteins, stores vitamins for later release into the bloodstream, removes toxins (including alcohol) from the blood, breaks down old red blood cells, and helps maintain levels of blood sugar in the body.
Liv"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, lives. And try if life be worth the liver's care. --Prior. 2. A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn. 3. One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver. Fast liver, one who lives in an extravagant and dissipated way. Free liver, Good liver, one given to the pleasures of the table. Loose liver, a person who lives a somewhat dissolute life.
Liv"er\, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG. lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. ? fat, E. live, v.] (Anat.) A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates. Note: Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly on the right side. See Bile, Digestive, and Glycogen. The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made up of c[ae]cal tubes, and differs materially, in form and function, from that of vertebrates. Floating liver. See Wandering liver, under Wandering. Liver of antimony, Liver of sulphur. (Old Chem.) See Hepar. Liver brown, Liver color, the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown. Liver shark (Zo["o]l.), a very large shark (Cetorhinus maximus), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured for the sake of its liver, which often yields several barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone, by means of which it separates small animals from the sea water. Called also basking shark, bone shark, hoemother, homer, and sailfish . Liver spots, yellowish brown patches or spots of chloasma.
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