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live¹ [liv]

vi.

lived, living [ME liven < OE libban (akin to ON lifa, Goth liban, Ger leben) < IE * lib(h)s- < base * leibh-, to live]

1. to be alive; have life

2.

a) to remain alive

b) to last; endure

3.

a) to pass one's life in a specified manner [to live happily]

b) to regulate or conduct one's life [to live by a strict moral code]

4. to enjoy a full and varied life [to really know how to live]

5.

a) to maintain life; support oneself [to live on a pension]

b) to be dependent for a living (with off)

6. to feed; subsist; have as one's usual food [to live on fruits and nuts]

7. to make one's dwelling; reside

8. to remain in human memory of [men's good deeds live after them]

vt.

1. to practice or carry out in one's life [to live one's faith]

2. to spend; pass [to live a useful life]

3. to act (a role in a play) very convincingly or feelingly

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live and let live

to do as one wishes and let other people do the same; be tolerant

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live down

to live in such a way as to wipe out the memory or shame of (some fault, misdeed, etc.)

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live high

to live in luxury

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live in

to live at the place where one is in domestic service

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live it up Slang

1. to have a joyful, hilarious time

2. to indulge in pleasures, extravagances, etc. that one usually forgoes

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live out

1. to live until the end of; last through

☆ 2. to sleep away from the place where one is in domestic service

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live up to

to live or act in accordance with (certain ideals, promises, expectations, etc.)

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live well

1. to live in luxury

2. to lead a virtuous life

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live with

1. to dwell with; be a lodger at the home of

2. to cohabit with

3. to tolerate; bear; endure

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where one lives

Slang in a sensitive or vulnerable area

live² [līv]

adj.

[aphetic for ALIVE]

1. having life; not dead

2. of the living state or living beings

3. having positive qualities, as of warmth, vigor, vitality, brightness, brilliance, etc. [a live organization, a live color ]

☆ 4. of immediate or present interest [a live issue]

5.

a) still burning or glowing [a live spark]

b) not extinct [a live volcano]

6. not yet burned: said of a match

7. charged for explosion; unexploded [a live shell]

8. carrying electrical current [a live wire]

9. in the native state; not quarried or mined [live rocks]

10. having resilience or elasticity [a live rubber ball]

11. fresh; pure: said of the air

12.

a) involving an appearance or performance in person, rather than a filmed or recorded one; transmitted during the actual performance [a live broadcast]

b) recorded at a public performance

13. Mech. imparting motion or power

14. Printing set up ready to be printed

15. Sports in play [a live ball]

adv.

in, from, or at an actual or public performance [recorded live at a nightclub]