[liv-in] 
| 1. | Also, sleep-in. residing at the place of one's employment: a live-in maid. |
| 2. | living in a cohabitant relationship. |
| 3. | a live-in person. |
[liv] verb, lived [livd] , liv⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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.] |
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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.
live in
Reside in one's place of employment or schooling, as in They wanted a baby-sitter who could live in, or Joe was planning to live in at the college. This expression is used primarily for domestic servants or students. [Late 1800s] Also see live out.
live in something. Continue in existence, memory, or some feeling. This sense appears in such phrases as live in the past, meaning "to concentrate on past memories," or live in hope of, meaning "to continue anticipating that something will happen." For example, Alice lived in the past; she had no interest in current events, or Jim lived in hope of getting a teaching post. Also see live in sin.