Definitions for live

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Spelling: [liv]

IPA: /lɪv/

Live is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in live (eilv).

Definitions for live

Idioms

1. live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
2. live it up, Informal. to live in an extravagant or wild manner; pursue pleasure:
3. live well, to live comfortably:
4. live one, Slang. a person who spends money readily. a person easily imposed upon or made the dupe of others.

adverb

1. (of a radio or television program) at the moment of its happening or being performed; not on tape or by prerecording:

adjective

1. being alive; living; alive:
2. of, relating to, or during the life of a living being:
3. characterized by or indicating the presence of living creatures:
4. Informal. (of a person) energetic; alert; lively:
5. full of life, energy or activity:
6. burning or glowing:
7. having resilience or bounce:
8. being in play, as a baseball or football.
9. loaded or unexploded, as a cartridge or shell:
10. made up of actual persons:
11. (of a radio or television program) broadcast while happening or being performed; not prerecorded or taped:
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:
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:

Verb phrases

1. live down, to live so as to allow (a mistake, disgrace, etc.) to be forgotten or forgiven:
2. live in/out, to reside at or away from the place of one's employment, especially as a domestic servant:
3. live up to, to live in accordance with (expectations or an ideal or standard); measure up to:

verb (used with object)

1. to pass (life):
2. to practice, represent, or exhibit in one's life:

verb (used without object)

1. to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions:
2. to continue to have life; remain alive:
3. to continue in existence, operation, memory, etc.; last:
4. to maintain or support one's existence; provide for oneself:
5. to feed or subsist (usually followed by on or upon):
6. to dwell or reside (usually followed by in, at, etc.):
7. to pass life in a specified manner:
8. to direct or regulate one's life:
9. to experience or enjoy to the full:
10. to cohabit (usually followed by with).
11. to escape destruction or remain afloat, as a ship or aircraft.

Origin of live

before 900; Middle English liven, Old English lifian, libban; cognate with Dutch leven, German leben, Old Norse lifa, Gothic liban

Examples for live

And how we want to live our lives in light of those differences.

They just might change how they feel, how healthy they are, and how they live their lives.

You live for immortality in this world; I live for immortality in another.

"Now we're getting where Christians live," said Percival, with warm appreciation.

Despite his efforts to live in the present, he seemed haunted by the specter of his father.

There was something cathartic about deleting this 2,500-word monster of a farewell, and resolving to live.

The country was rapidly becoming, they agreed, no place for a gentleman to live.

Oh, if a man only could live up to the verses he cuts out of magazines!

Marrying yourself merely underscores selfishness and self-interest, rather than enabling you to live singly in the best way.

I wonder whether I shall ever be rich enough to live like this!