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live verb | adjective
1 verb 1.•the greatest mathematician who ever lived:exist, be alive, be, have life | breathe, draw breath, walk the earth. ANT die, be dead. 2.•I live in Arkansas:reside in, have one's home in, have one's residence in, be settled in | be housed in, lodge in | inhabit, occupy, populate | formal dwell in, be domiciled in. 3.•they lived quietly:pass/spend one's life, have a lifestyle | behave, conduct oneself | formal comport oneself. 4.•she had lived a difficult life:experience, spend, pass, lead, have, go through, undergo. 5.•Fred lived by his wits:survive, make a living, earn one's living, eke out a living | subsist, support oneself, sustain oneself, make ends meet, keep body and soul together. 6.•you should get out there and live:enjoy oneself, enjoy life, have fun, live life to the full/fullest. PHRASES
live it up informal •they're living it up in Hawaii:live extravagantly, live in the lap of luxury, live in clover | carouse, revel, enjoy oneself, have a good time, go on a spree | informal party, paint the town red, have a ball, live high on/off the hog | archaic wassail.
live off/on •the gulls live off discarded fish:subsist on, feed on/off, eat, consume.
2 adjective 1.•live bait:living, alive, having life, breathing, animate, sentient. ANT dead, inanimate. 2.•a live performance:in the flesh, personal, in person, not recorded. ANT recorded. 3.•a live wire:electrified, charged, powered, active | informal hot. ANT inactive. 4.•live coals:hot, glowing, red hot, aglow | burning, alight, flaming, aflame, blazing, ignited, on fire | literary afire. 5.•a live grenade:unexploded, explosive, active | unstable, volatile. ANT inactive. PHRASES
live wire informal •that Goldie is a real live wire:energetic person | informal fireball, human dynamo, powerhouse, life of the party. |
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