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adjective- possessing life
"the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"
alive live
- capable of erupting
"a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"
alive live
- elastic; rebounds readily
"clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"
bouncy live lively resilient springy
- charged or energized with electricity
"a hot wire"; "a live wire"
hot live
- 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"
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"
live unrecorded
- of current relevance
"a live issue"; "still a live option"
live
- abounding with life and energy
"the club members are a really live bunch"
live
- charged with an explosive
"live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
live
- highly reverberant
"a live concert hall"
live
- in current use or ready for use
"live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
live
verb- have life, be alive
"Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
be live
- inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
"People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
populate dwell live inhabit
- continue to live through hardship or adversity
"We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
survive last live live on go endure hold up hold out
- 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"
exist survive live subsist
- 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"
know experience live
- lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
"we had to live frugally after the war"
live
- pursue a positive and satisfying existence
"You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"
live
adverb- not recorded
"the opera was broadcast live"
live live
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University