Other Definitions live (enc)
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Live| Verb | 1. | live - 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"rusticate - live in the country and lead a rustic life overpopulate - cause to have too great a population; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated" cohabit, shack up - room or live together; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple lodge - be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent - live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" room, board - live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" live in, sleep in - live in the house where one works; "our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her" sleep out, live out - work in a house where one does not live; "our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home" | | | 2. | live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"move - live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only" dissipate - live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption live - pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live" swing - live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely" live down, unlive - live so as to annul some previous behavior; "You can never live this down!" wanton - indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life vegetate - lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind bushwhack - live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla eke out - live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty" cash out - choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals; "After 3 decades in politics, she cashed out and moved to Polynesia" | | | 3. | live - continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"live, be - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" subsist, exist, survive, live - 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" hold water, stand up, hold up - resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water" perennate - survive from season to season, of plants live out - live out one's life; live to the end | | | 4. | live - 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"breathe - be alive; "Every creature that breathes" indwell - to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle freewheel, drift - live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" live on, survive, last, live, endure, hold out, hold up, go - continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents" | | | 5. | live - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"live on, survive, last, live, endure, hold out, hold up, go - continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents" | | | 6. | live - 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"taste - experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died" live over, relive - experience again, often in the imagination; "He relived the horrors of war" | | | 7. | live - pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war" | | | Adj. | 1. | live - 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"recorded - set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction; "recorded music" | | | 2. | live - 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"dead - not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "a dead battery"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead" | | | 3. | live - highly reverberant; "a live concert hall"reverberant, ringing - having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" | | | 4. | live - charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"loaded - (of weapons) charged with ammunition; "a loaded gun" | | | 5. | live - rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"elastic - capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk" | | | 6. | live - abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech lively - full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party" | | | 7. | live - in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" | | | 8. | live - of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" | | | 9. | live - charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"electricity - a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons charged - of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge; "charged particles"; "a charged battery" | | | 10. | live - having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous living painters"; "living tissue";alive - possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive" | | | 11. | live - capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"active - (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos" | | | Adv. | 1. | live - not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live" | |
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