LIVE
\lˈa͡ɪv], \lˈaɪv], \l_ˈaɪ_v]\
Definitions of LIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
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support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
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have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"
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not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"
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of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"
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lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"
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highly reverberant; "a live concert hall"
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pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"
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make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"
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having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous living painters"; "living tissue";
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showing characteristics of life; exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play"
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charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"
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in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in or already set but not yet proofread"
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abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch"
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actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing; "a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience"
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charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
By Princeton University
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have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
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support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
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(electricity) charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"
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not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"
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showing characteristics of life; exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossd a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play"
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of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"
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(printing) in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
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(informal) abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch"
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lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"
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highly reverberant; "a live concert hall"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside.
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To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness.
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To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.
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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.
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To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
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Having life; alive; living; not dead.
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Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers.
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Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.
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Vivid; bright.
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Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe.
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Life.
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To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; - said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.
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To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; - with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
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To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; - with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
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To outlast danger; to float; - said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside.
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To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness.
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To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.
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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.
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To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
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Having life; alive; living; not dead.
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Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers.
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Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.
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Vivid; bright.
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Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe.
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Life.
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To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; - said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.
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To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; - with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
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To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; - with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
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To outlast danger; to float; - said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
By Noah Webster.
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To exist or have life; pass life; as, to live happily; reside; as, live in a house; to get support or to sub; as, to live on meat; to continue to e life; as, to live to be old.
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To pass spend; as, to live a happy life.
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(liv), ing life; burning; as, a live coal; full activity or interest; as, a live topic.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To have life: to continue in life: to be exempt from death: to last: to subsist: to enjoy life, to be in a state of happiness: to be nourished or supported: to dwell.
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To spend: to act in conformity to:-pr.p. living; pa.t. and pa.p. lived.
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LIVER.
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Having life: alive, not dead: active: containing fire: burning: vivid.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Having life; living; not dead; on fire; ignited; vivid. Live-feathers, or hair, feathers or hair plucked from the living animal. Live-oak, a species of oak very durable, and highly esteemed for ship-timber.
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To spend; to conform to. To live down, to put down by one's manner of living.
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To have life; to continue in life; to spend life; to dwell or reside; to enjoy life; to subsist; to be nourished and supported in life; to gain a livelihood; to subsist spiritually.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To exist or have being; to feed or subsist; to continue in; to dwell; to have a settled residence in any place; to reside with; to continue or endure; to flourish; to remain undestroyed; in Scrip., to be exempt from spiritual death; to attain or approach to immortality.
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Having life; not dead; active.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.