Definitions for lived

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lived lived

Spelling: [lahyvd, livd]

IPA: /laɪvd, lɪvd/

Lived is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 64 anagrams from letters in lived (deilv).

Definitions for lived

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:

adjective

1. having life, a life, or lives, as specified (usually used in combination):

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 lived

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at life, -ed³

Examples for lived

That is the difference between the protections embedded in our Bill of Rights and the lived lives of our citizenry.

Like Romeo and Juliet, we lived in different worlds — until now.

We are not told that Cooper had been able to vote without hindrance when she lived in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

But when the Jews entered Palestine, the Canaanites lived in towns and villages.

For many years they lived amidst the trackless hills of the desert.

Paralus ever lived in affectionate communion with the birds and the flowers.

Most coup members “lived in the diaspora in the United States and Germany,” Faal said.

They told the story of a queen who had lived to be eighty-two years old.

Just across the way, there lived a farmer who had a young daughter.

Could he have won the White House in 1992, and if he had, would he have lived up to his ideals?