| 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. |
| 6. | of the color of liver. |
| 7. | (of paint, ink, etc.) to undergo irreversible thickening. |

adjective, liv⋅er, liv⋅est for 4–7, 13–15, adverb | 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. |
| 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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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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"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 (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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(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.