1. [adv]  not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"
2. [adj]  having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous living painters"; "living tissue"; "living plants and animals"
3. [adj]  showing characteristics of life; exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossd 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"
4. [adj]  (electricity) charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"
5. [adj]  of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"
6. [adj]  (printing) in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
7. [adj]  (informal) abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch"
8. [adj]  rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"
9. [adj]  actually being performed (or--for the audience--present) at the time of 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"
10. [adj]  charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
11. [v]  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"
12. [v]  have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
13. [v]  lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"
14. [v]  pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"
15. [v]  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"
16. [v]  continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
17. [v]  make one's home or live in; "There are only 250,000 people in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"

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1. \Live\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lived}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Living}.] [OE. liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to
   OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. leb[=e]n, Dan. leve,
   Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth.
   liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr.
   liparei^n to persist, liparo`s oily, shining, sleek, li`pos
   fat, lard, Skr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the first sense
   prob. was, to cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay;
   and hence, to live.]
   1. To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a
      plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to
      be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of
      existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age
      are long in reaching maturity.
            Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I
            will . . . lay sinews upon you, and will bring up
            flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put
            breath in you, and ye shall live.     --Ezek.
                                                  xxxvii. 5, 6.
   2. To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain
      manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to
      live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.
            O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a
            man that liveth at rest in his possessions!
                                                  --Ecclus. xli.
                                                  1.
   3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell;
      to reside.
            Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years.
                                                  --Gen. xlvii.
                                                  28.
   4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be
      permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas,
      etc.
            Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We
            write in water.                       --Shak.
   5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of
      happiness.
            What greater curse could envious fortune give Than
            just to die when I began to live?     --Dryden.
   6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with
      on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
   7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished,
      and actuated by divine influence or faith.
            The just shall live by faith.         --Gal. iii.
                                                  ll.
   8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to
      subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
            Those who live by labor.              --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.
   9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat,
      etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
            A strong mast that lived upon the sea. --Shak.
   {To live out}, to be at service; to live away from home as a
      servant. [U. S.]
   {To live with}.
      (a) To dwell or to be a lodger with.
      (b) To cohabit with; to have intercourse with, as male
          with female.
   

2. \Live\, v. t.
   1. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue
      in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a
      useful life.
   2. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
            To live the Gospel.                   --Foxe.
   {To live down}, to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to
      live down slander.
   

3. \Live\, a. [Abbreviated from alive. See {Alive}, {Life}.]
   1. Having life; alive; living; not dead.
            If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then
            they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of
            it.                                   --Ex. xxi. 35.
   2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active
      properties; as, a live coal; live embers. `` The live
      ether.'' --Thomson.
   3. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a
      live man, or orator.
   4. Vivid; bright. `` The live carnation.'' --Thomson.
   5. (Engin.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live
      spindle of a lathe.
   {Live birth}, the condition of being born in such a state
      that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of
      the whole body. --Dunglison.
   {Live box}, a cell for holding living objects under
      microscopical examination. --P. H. Gosse.
   {Live feathers}, feathers which have been plucked from the
      living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic.
   {Live gang}. (Sawing) See under {Gang}.
   {Live grass} (Bot.), a grass of the genus {Eragrostis}.
   {Live load} (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying
      load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a
      bridge, or wind pressure on a roof.
   {Live oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus virens}),
      growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and
      highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the {Q.
      chrysolepis} and some other species are also called live
      oaks.
   {Live ring} (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which
      a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels
      around a circular track when the bridge or table turns.
   {Live steam}, steam direct from the boiler, used for any
      purpose, in distinction from {exhaust steam}.
   {Live stock}, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept
      on a farm. whole body.
   

4. \Live\, n.
   Life. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   {On live}, in life; alive. [Obs.] See {Alive}. --Chaucer.