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 followed by on or upon): to live on rice and bananas.
6. to dwell or reside (usually followed 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 to the full: At 40 she was just beginning to live.
10. to cohabit (usually followed 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. 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. to reside at or away from the place of one's employment, especially as a domestic servant: Their butler lives in, but the maids live out.
16. 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. hog (def. 16).
18. to live in an extravagant or wild manner; pursue pleasure: He started living it up after he got out of the army.
19. to live comfortably: They're not wealthy but they live well.

1. being alive; living; alive: It was the little gir's first time seeing live farm animals.
2. of, relating to, or during the life of a living being: Water forms about 50 to 80 percent of an animal's live weight.
3. characterized by or indicating the presence of living creatures: I stood still and listened to the live sounds of the forest.
4. (of a person) energetic and quick to speak or act; animated, spirited, or vivacious: The club members are a really live bunch.
5. responsive to changing conditions, needs, etc., in an imaginative and proactive way: I like this company—their approach is live and fresh.
6. mentally, emotionally, and physically alive, often in a new way; invigorated, confident, and fully engaged: After months of quarantine, I felt live and refreshed being exposed to places outside.During pregame practice we were feeling live and ready for anything.
7. made up of actual persons: He has several studio albums but rarely performs before a live audience.
8. (of a radio or television program, podcast, etc.) broadcast or released while happening or being performed; not prerecorded or taped: I watched a live telecast of the royal wedding.
9. burning or glowing: We roasted our marshmallows over live coals in the firepit.
10. being in play, as a baseball or football.
11. (of ammunition)
• loaded or unexploded; ready to explode: Watch out—that’s a live grenade!
• consisting of real bullets or shot, as opposed to rubber bullets or some other charge; explodable: Security forces used tear gas and live ammunition to break up the riot.
12. of current interest or importance, as a question or issue; generating much debate or discussion: Sexual harassment in the military is still very much a live issue.
13. electrically charged; carrying an electric current, especially if exposed: Crews safely removed the live wire brought down by a falling tree. On the subway line, the third rail is live.
14. being highly resonant or reverberant, as an auditorium or concert hall: Plants can absorb the echoes in acoustically live spaces like galleries and gymnasiums.
15. having resilience or bounce: The basketball was losing air rapidly and was barely live by the end of the game.
16. moving or imparting motion; powered.
17. vivid or bright, as color.
18. still in use, or to be used, as type set up or copy for printing.

19. (of a radio or television program, podcast, etc.) at the moment of its happening or being performed; not on tape or by prerecording: The program was broadcast live from San Francisco.

20. live one, Slang.
• a person who spends money readily.
• a person easily imposed upon or made the dupe of others.

1. to show the characteristics of life; be alive
2. to remain alive or in existence
3. to exist in a specified way
4. to reside or dwell
5. to continue or last
6. to order one's life (according to a certain philosophy, religion, etc)
7. to support one's style of life; subsist
8. to endure the effects (of a crime, mistake, etc)
9. to experience and survive
10. to pass or spend (one's life, etc)
11. to enjoy life to the full
12. to put into practice in one's daily life; express
13. to refrain from interfering in others' lives; to be tolerant
14. in one's sensitive or defenceless position

1. showing the characteristics of life
2. of, relating to, or abounding in life
3. of current interest; controversial
4. actual
5. 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
9. transmitted or present at the time of performance, rather than being a recording
10. (of a record)
• recorded in concert
• recorded in one studio take, without overdubs or splicing
11. connected to a source of electric power
12. (esp of a colour or tone) brilliant or splendid
13. acoustically reverberant
14. (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
• (of copy) not yet having been set into type
• (of type that has been set) still in use

18. during, at, or in the form of a live performance

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