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Definitions for Liver

[1] Anatomy . a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
[2] an organ in other animals similar to the human liver, often used as food.
[3] a diseased condition of the liver; biliousness: a touch of liver.
[4] a reddish-brown color.
[5] a rubberlike, irreversible thickening suspension occurring in paint, ink, etc., due to a chemical reaction between a colloidal pigment and a vehicle or as a result of polymerization of the vehicle.
[6] of the color of liver.
[7] (of paint, ink, etc.) to undergo irreversible thickening.
[8] a person who lives in a manner specified: an extravagant liver.
[9] a dweller or resident; inhabitant.
[10] comparative of live2.
[11] being alive; living; alive: live animals.
[12] of, relating to, or during the life of a living being: the animal's live weight.
[13] characterized by or indicating the presence of living creatures: the live sounds of the forest.
[14] Informal . (of a person) energetic; alert; lively: The club members are a really live bunch.
[15] full of life, energy or activity: His approach in any business dealing is live and fresh.
[16] burning or glowing: live coals in the fireplace.
[17] having resilience or bounce: a live tennis ball.
[18] being in play, as a baseball or football.
[19] loaded or unexploded, as a cartridge or shell: live ammunition.
[20] made up of actual persons: to perform before a live audience.
[21] (of a radio or television program) broadcast while happening or being performed; not prerecorded or taped: a live telecast.
[22] being highly resonant or reverberant, as an auditorium or concert hall.
[23] vivid or bright, as color.
[24] of current interest or importance, as a question or issue; controversial; unsettled.
[25] moving or imparting motion; powered: the live head on a lathe.
[26] still in use, or to be used, as type set up or copy for printing.
[27] 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.
[28] (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.
[29] a multilobed highly vascular reddish-brown glandular organ occupying most of the upper right part of the human abdominal cavity immediately below the diaphragm. It secretes bile, stores glycogen, detoxifies certain poisons, and plays an important part in the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fat, helping to maintain a correct balance of nutrients Related adjective: hepatic
[30] the corresponding organ in animals
[31] the liver of certain animals used as food
[32] a reddish-brown colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
[33] a person who lives in a specified way a fast liver
[34] to show the characteristics of life; be alive
[35] to remain alive or in existence
[36] to exist in a specified way to live poorly
[37] (usually foll by in or at ) to reside or dwell to live in London
[38] (often foll by on) to continue or last the pain still lives in her memory
[39] (usually foll by by) to order one's life (according to a certain philosophy, religion, etc)
[40] (foll by on, upon, or by ) to support one's style of life; subsist to live by writing
[41] (foll by with) to endure the effects (of a crime, mistake, etc)
[42] (foll by through) to experience and survive he lived through the war
[43] (tr) to pass or spend (one's life, etc)
[44] to enjoy life to the full he knows how to live
[45] (tr) to put into practice in one's daily life; express he lives religion every day
[46] live and let live to refrain from interfering in others' lives; to be tolerant
[47] where one lives US informal in one's sensitive or defenceless position
[48] (prenominal) showing the characteristics of life
[49] (usually prenominal) of, relating to, or abounding in life the live weight of an animal
[50] (usually prenominal) of current interest; controversial a live issue
[51] actual a real live cowboy
[52] informal full of life and energy
[53] (of a coal, ember, etc) glowing or burning
[54] (esp of a volcano) not extinct
[55] loaded or capable of exploding a live bomb
[56] radio television transmitted or present at the time of performance, rather than being a recording a live show
[57] (of a record) recorded in concert recorded in one studio take, without overdubs or splicing
[58] connected to a source of electric power a live circuit
[59] (esp of a colour or tone) brilliant or splendid
[60] acoustically reverberant a live studio
[61] sport (of a ball) in play
[62] (of rocks, ores, etc) not quarried or mined; native
[63] being in a state of motion or transmitting power; positively connected to a driving member
[64] printing (of copy) not yet having been set into type (of type that has been set) still in use
[65] during, at, or in the form of a live performance the show went out live

Words related to Liver

alive, hot, working, lively, prevalent, living, animate, breathing, burning, unsettled, brisk, alert, running, pressing, functioning, aware, conscious, vital, active, controversial

Words nearby Liver

livelihood, livelong, lively, liven, livenza, liver, liver acinus, liver chestnut, liver extract, liver fluke, liver of sulfur

Origin of Liver

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

Other words from Liver

liv·er·less , adjective
live·ness , noun

Word origin for Liver

C16: from on live alive

Synonyms for Liver

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