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ər noun
1.
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.
2.
an organ in other animals similar to the human liver, often used as food.
3.
a diseased condition of the liver; biliousness: a touch of liver.
4.
a reddish-brown color.
5.
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
6.
of the color of liver.
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Liver
is always a great word to know.
So is small intestine. Does it mean:
| the portion of the digestive tube between the stomach and the cecum, consisting of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum |
| the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left. |
verb (used without object)
7.
(of paint, ink, etc.) to undergo irreversible thickening.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English lifer, cognate with Dutch lever, German Leber, Old Norse lifr; perhaps akin to Greek liparós fat
before 900; Middle English; Old English lifer, cognate with Dutch lever, German Leber, Old Norse lifr; perhaps akin to Greek liparós fat
Related forms
liv·er·less, adjective
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adjective
comparative of live2.
adjective
1.
being alive; living; alive: live animals.
3.
characterized by or indicating the presence of living creatures: the live sounds of the forest.
4.
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
Idioms 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.
a.
a person who spends money readily.
b.
a person easily imposed upon or made the dupe of others.
Related forms
live·ness, noun
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World English Dictionary
live1 (lɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (usually foll by in | |
| 1. | to show the characteristics of life; be alive |
| 2. | to remain alive or in existence |
| 3. | to exist in a specified way: to live poorly |
| 4. | to reside or dwell: to live in London |
| 5. | ( |
| 6. | ( |
| 7. | to support one's style of life; subsist: to live by writing |
| 8. | ( |
| 9. | ( |
| 10. | (tr) to pass or spend (one's life, etc) |
| 11. | to enjoy life to the full: he knows how to live |
| 12. | (tr) to put into practice in one's daily life; express: he lives religion every day |
| 13. | live and let live to refrain from interfering in others' lives; to be tolerant |
| 14. | informal (US) where one lives in one's sensitive or defenceless position |
| [Old English libban, lifian; related to Old High German libēn, Old Norse lifa] | |
| live2 (laɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (prenominal) showing the characteristics of life |
| 2. | (usually prenominal) of, relating to, or abounding in life: the live weight of an animal |
| 3. | (usually prenominal) of current interest; controversial: a live issue |
| 4. | actual: a real live cowboy |
| 5. | informal full of life and energy |
| 6. | (of a coal, ember, etc) glowing or burning |
| 7. | (esp of a volcano) not extinct |
| 8. | loaded or capable of exploding: a live bomb |
| 9. | radio, television transmitted or present at the time of performance, rather than being a recording: a live show |
| 10. | of a record |
| a. recorded in concert | |
| b. recorded in one studio take, without overdubs or splicing | |
| 11. | connected to a source of electric power: a live circuit |
| 12. | (esp of a colour or tone) brilliant or splendid |
| 13. | acoustically reverberant: a live studio |
| 14. | sport (of a ball) in play |
| 15. | (of rocks, ores, etc) not quarried or mined; native |
| 16. | being in a state of motion or transmitting power; positively connected to a driving member |
| 17. | printing |
| a. (of copy) not yet having been set into type | |
| b. (of type that has been set) still in use | |
| —adv | |
| 18. | during, at, or in the form of a live performance: the show went out live |
| [C16: from on live | |
| liver1 (ˈlɪvə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a multilobed highly vascular reddish-brown glandular organ occupying most of the upper right part of the human abdominal cavity immediately below the diaphragm. It secretes bile, stores glycogen, detoxifies certain poisons, and plays an important part in the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fat, helping to maintain a correct balance of nutrientsRelated: hepatic |
| 2. | the corresponding organ in animals |
| 3. | the liver of certain animals used as food |
| 4. | a reddish-brown colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge |
| Related: hepatic | |
| [Old English lifer; related to Old High German lebrav, Old Norse lefr, Greek liparos fat] | |
| 'liverless1 | |
| —adj | |
| liver2 (ˈlɪvə) | |
| —n | |
| a person who lives in a specified way: a fast liver | |
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Word Origin & History
live
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 1690s. 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. Expression live and learn is attested from c.1620.
live
1540s, "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; figurative sense of "active person" is from 1903. Meaning "in-person (performance)"
is first attested 1934.
liver
"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.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
live (līv)
adj.
Having life; alive.
Capable of replicating in a host's cells.
Containing living microorganisms or active virus, as a vaccine.
liver liv·er (lĭv'ər)
n.
The largest gland of the body, lying beneath the diaphragm in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity, which secretes bile and is active in the formation of certain blood proteins and in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
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Science Dictionary
liver  (lĭv'ər) Pronunciation Key
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Cultural Dictionary
liver definition
A large organ, located on the right side of the abdomen and protected by the lower rib cage, that produces bile and blood proteins, 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.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Liver definition
(Heb. kabhed, "heavy;" hence the liver, as being the heaviest of the viscera, Ex. 29:13, 22; Lev. 3:4, 1, 10, 15) was burnt upon the altar, and not used as sacrificial food. In Ezek. 21:21 there is allusion, in the statement that the king of Babylon "looked upon the liver," to one of the most ancient of all modes of divination. The first recorded instance of divination (q.v.) is that of the teraphim of Laban. By the teraphim the LXX. and Josephus understood "the liver of goats." By the "caul above the liver," in Lev. 4:9; 7:4, etc., some understand the great lobe of the liver itself.
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Example sentences
Unlike some steroids, they don't indiscriminately also bind to prostate, liver and other tissues.
Once inside the bloodstream of the bitten individual, the sporozoites home in on the liver.
The liver preferentially absorbs the glycerol and some of the fatty acids--the remainder of which is taken in by muscle.
The abdominal portion of the esophagus lies in the esophageal groove on the posterior surface of the left lobe of the liver.
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