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[liv] 
verb, lived [livd] , liv⋅ing.–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live. |
| 2. | to continue to have life; remain alive: to live to a ripe old age. |
| 3. | to continue in existence, operation, memory, etc.; last: a book that lives in my memory. |
| 4. | to maintain or support one's existence; provide for oneself: to live on one's income. |
| 5. | to feed or subsist (usually fol. by on or upon): to live on rice and bananas. |
| 6. | to dwell or reside (usually fol. by in, at, etc.): to live in a cottage. |
| 7. | to pass life in a specified manner: They lived happily ever after. |
| 8. | to direct or regulate one's life: to live by the golden rule. |
| 9. | to experience or enjoy life to the full: At 40 she was just beginning to live. |
| 10. | to cohabit (usually fol. by with). |
| 11. | to escape destruction or remain afloat, as a ship or aircraft. |
–verb (used with object)
—Verb phrases| 12. | to pass (life): to live a life of ease. |
| 13. | to practice, represent, or exhibit in one's life: to live one's philosophy. |
| 14. | live down, to live so as to allow (a mistake, disgrace, etc.) to be forgotten or forgiven: She'll never live that crucial moment of failure down. |
| 15. | live in or out, to reside at or away from the place of one's employment, esp. as a domestic servant: Their butler lives in, but the maids live out. |
| 16. | live up to, to live in accordance with (expectations or an ideal or standard); measure up to: He never lived up to his father's vision of him. |
| 17. | live high off or on the hog. hog (def. 16). |
| 18. | live it up, Informal. to live in an extravagant or wild manner; pursue pleasure: He started living it up after he got out of the army. |
| 19. | live well, to live comfortably: They're not wealthy but they live well. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME liven, OE lifian, libban; c. D leven, G leben, ON lifa, Goth liban
bef. 900; ME liven, OE lifian, libban; c. D leven, G leben, ON lifa, Goth liban
live
2 [lahyv] adjective, liv⋅er, liv⋅est for 4–7, 13–15, adverb –adjective
| 1. | being alive; living; alive: live animals. |
| 2. | of, pertaining to, or during the life of a living being: the animal's live weight. |
| 3. | characterized by or indicating the presence of living creatures: the live sounds of the forest. |
| 4. | Informal. (of a person) energetic; alert; lively: The club members are a really live bunch. |
| 5. | full of life, energy or activity: His approach in any business dealing is live and fresh. |
| 6. | burning or glowing: live coals in the fireplace. |
| 7. | having resilience or bounce: a live tennis ball. |
| 8. | being in play, as a baseball or football. |
| 9. | loaded or unexploded, as a cartridge or shell: live ammunition. |
| 10. | made up of actual persons: to perform before a live audience. |
| 11. | (of a radio or television program) broadcast while happening or being performed; not prerecorded or taped: a live telecast. |
| 12. | being highly resonant or reverberant, as an auditorium or concert hall. |
| 13. | vivid or bright, as color. |
| 14. | of current interest or importance, as a question or issue; controversial; unsettled. |
| 15. | moving or imparting motion; powered: the live head on a lathe. |
| 16. | still in use, or to be used, as type set up or copy for printing. |
| 17. | 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
—Idiom| 18. | (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. |
| 19. | live one, Slang.
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Related forms:
liveness, noun
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| live 1 (lĭv) v. lived, liv·ing, lives v. intr.
live downTo overcome or reduce the shame of (a misdeed, for example) over a period of time. live inTo reside in the place where one is employed: household servants who live in. live outTo live outside one's place of domestic employment: household servants who live out. live withTo put up with; resign oneself to: disliked the situation but had to live with it. Idiom(s): live it up Slang To engage in festive pleasures or extravagances. Idiom(s): live up to
[Middle English liven, from Old English libban, lifian; see leip- in Indo-European roots.] |
| live 2 (līv) adj.
[Short for alive.] live'ness n. |
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Live\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lived; p. pr. & vb. n. Living.] [OE. liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. leb[=e]n, 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. liparei^n to persist, liparo`s oily, shining, sleek, li`pos fat, lard, Skr. 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
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
Live\, a. [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.) 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.
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live
/li:v/ adj.,adv. [common] Opposite of `test'. Refers to actual real-world data or a program working with it. For example, the response to "I think the record deleter is finished" might be "Is it live yet?" or "Have you tried it out on live data?" This usage usually carries the connotation that live data is more fragile and must not be corrupted, or bad things will happen. So a more appropriate response might be: "Well, make sure it works perfectly before we throw live data at it." The implication here is that record deletion is something pretty significant, and a haywire record-deleter running amok live would probably cause great harm.
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live (v.)
O.E. lifian (Anglian), libban (W.Saxon) "to be alive," also "to supply oneself with food, to pass life (in some condition)," from P.Gmc. stem *libæ (cf. O.N. lifa, O.Fris. libba, Ger. leben, Goth. liban "to live"), from PIE base *leip- "to remain, continue" (cf. Gk. liparein "to persist, persevere;" see leave).
"According to the Dutch Prouerbe ... Leuen ende laetan leuen, To liue and to let others liue." [Malynes, 1622]To live it up "live gaily and extravagantly" is from 1951. To live up to "act in accordance with" is from 1694. To live (something) down "outwear (some slander or embarrassment)" is from 1842. To live with "cohabit as husband and wife" is attested from 1749; sense of "to put up with" is attested from 1937. Lived-in "inhabited, occupied" is first recorded 1873. Live-in (adj.) first attested, 1955. Liveable "suitable for living in" is from 1814, first attested in "Mansfield Park." Expression live and learn is attested from c.1620.
live (adj.)
1542, "having life," later (1611) "burning, glowing," aphetic of alive (q.v.). Sense of "containing unspent energy or power" (live ammunition, etc.) is from 1799; live wire is attested from 1890; fig. sense of "active person" is from 1903. Meaning "in-person (performance)" is first attested 1934. Livestock is attested from 1523 (see stock (n.2)).
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Main Entry: 1live
Pronunciation: 'liv
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: lived; liv·ing
1 : to be alive : have the life of an animal or plant
2 : to continue alive <lived for 50 years>
3 : to maintain oneself <lives on avegetarian diet>
4 : to conduct or pass one's life living in the body of a host>
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live (līv)
adj.
- Having life; alive.
- Capable of replicating in a host's cells.
- Containing living microorganisms or active virus, as a vaccine.
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In addition to the idioms beginning with live, also see alive (live) and kicking; as I live and breathe; close to home (where one lives); (live from) day to day; fat of the land, live off the; high off the hog, live; in one's pocket (live in each other's pockets); learn to live with; people who live in glass houses.
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