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Definitions for Live

[1] to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
[2] to continue to have life; remain alive: to live to a ripe old age.
[3] to continue in existence, operation, memory, etc.; last: a book that lives in my memory.
[4] to maintain or support one's existence; provide for oneself: to live on one's income.
[5] to feed or subsist (usually followed by on or upon ): to live on rice and bananas.
[6] to dwell or reside (usually followed by in, at, etc.): to live in a cottage.
[7] to pass life in a specified manner: They lived happily ever after.
[8] to direct or regulate one's life: to live by the golden rule.
[9] to experience or enjoy to the full: At 40 she was just beginning to live.
[10] to cohabit (usually followed by with ).
[11] to escape destruction or remain afloat, as a ship or aircraft.
[12] to pass (life): to live a life of ease.
[13] to practice, represent, or exhibit in one's life: to live one's philosophy.
[14] live down , to live so as to allow (a mistake, disgrace, etc.) to be forgotten or forgiven: She'll never live that crucial moment of failure down.
[15] live in /out , to reside at or away from the place of one's employment, especially as a domestic servant: Their butler lives in, but the maids live out.
[16] live up to , to live in accordance with (expectations or an ideal or standard); measure up to: He never lived up to his father's vision of him.
[17] live high off /on the hog . hog(def 16) .
[18] live it up , Informal . to live in an extravagant or wild manner; pursue pleasure: He started living it up after he got out of the army.
[19] live well , to live comfortably: They're not wealthy but they live well.
[20] being alive; living; alive: live animals.
[21] of, relating to, or during the life of a living being: the animal's live weight.
[22] characterized by or indicating the presence of living creatures: the live sounds of the forest.
[23] Informal . (of a person) energetic; alert; lively: The club members are a really live bunch.
[24] full of life, energy or activity: His approach in any business dealing is live and fresh.
[25] burning or glowing: live coals in the fireplace.
[26] having resilience or bounce: a live tennis ball.
[27] being in play, as a baseball or football.
[28] loaded or unexploded, as a cartridge or shell: live ammunition.
[29] made up of actual persons: to perform before a live audience.
[30] (of a radio or television program) broadcast while happening or being performed; not prerecorded or taped: a live telecast.
[31] being highly resonant or reverberant, as an auditorium or concert hall.
[32] vivid or bright, as color.
[33] of current interest or importance, as a question or issue; controversial; unsettled.
[34] moving or imparting motion; powered: the live head on a lathe.
[35] still in use, or to be used, as type set up or copy for printing.
[36] 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: a live wire.
[37] (of a radio or television program) at the moment of its happening or being performed; not on tape or by prerecording: a program broadcast live.
[38] to show the characteristics of life; be alive
[39] to remain alive or in existence
[40] to exist in a specified way to live poorly
[41] (usually foll by in or at ) to reside or dwell to live in London
[42] (often foll by on) to continue or last the pain still lives in her memory
[43] (usually foll by by) to order one's life (according to a certain philosophy, religion, etc)
[44] (foll by on, upon, or by ) to support one's style of life; subsist to live by writing
[45] (foll by with) to endure the effects (of a crime, mistake, etc)
[46] (foll by through) to experience and survive he lived through the war
[47] (tr) to pass or spend (one's life, etc)
[48] to enjoy life to the full he knows how to live
[49] (tr) to put into practice in one's daily life; express he lives religion every day
[50] live and let live to refrain from interfering in others' lives; to be tolerant
[51] where one lives US informal in one's sensitive or defenceless position
[52] (prenominal) showing the characteristics of life
[53] (usually prenominal) of, relating to, or abounding in life the live weight of an animal
[54] (usually prenominal) of current interest; controversial a live issue
[55] actual a real live cowboy
[56] informal full of life and energy
[57] (of a coal, ember, etc) glowing or burning
[58] (esp of a volcano) not extinct
[59] loaded or capable of exploding a live bomb
[60] radio television transmitted or present at the time of performance, rather than being a recording a live show
[61] (of a record) recorded in concert recorded in one studio take, without overdubs or splicing
[62] connected to a source of electric power a live circuit
[63] (esp of a colour or tone) brilliant or splendid
[64] acoustically reverberant a live studio
[65] sport (of a ball) in play
[66] (of rocks, ores, etc) not quarried or mined; native
[67] being in a state of motion or transmitting power; positively connected to a driving member
[68] printing (of copy) not yet having been set into type (of type that has been set) still in use
[69] during, at, or in the form of a live performance the show went out live

Words related to Live

alive, hot, working, lively, prevalent, last, lead, move, maintain, remain, continue, endure, pass, survive, reside, locate, settle, crash, occupy, flourish

Words nearby Live

liu pang, liu shao qi, liu shaoqi, liuzhou, livable, live, live and learn, live and let live, live axle, live birth, live by one's wits

Origin of Live

21535–45; 1930–35 for def 11 ; aphetic variant of alive, used attributively

Other words from Live

live·ness , noun

Word origin for Live

C16: from on live alive

Synonyms for Live

alive, animate, breathing, living, aware, conscious, vital