Live

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Live \Live\ (l[i^]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lived} (l[i^]vd); 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.
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              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.
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     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.
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              O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a
              man that liveth at rest in his possessions!
                                                    --Ecclus. xli.
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     3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell;
        to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea.
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              Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years.
                                                    --Gen. xlvii.
                                                    28.
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     4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be
        permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas,
        etc.
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              Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
              We write in water.                    --Shak.
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     5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of
        happiness; as, people want not just to exist, but to live.
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              What greater curse could envious fortune give
              Than just to die when I began to live? --Dryden.
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     6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with
        on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
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     7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished,
        and actuated by divine influence or faith.
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              The just shall live by faith.         --Gal. iii.
                                                    ll.
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     8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to
        subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
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              Those who live by labor.              --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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     9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat,
        etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
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              A strong mast that lived upon the sea. --Shak.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Live \Live\ (l[imac]v), n.
     Life. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     {On live}, in life; alive. [Obs.] See {Alive}. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Live \Live\ (l[i^]v), 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.
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     2. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
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              To live the Gospel.                   --Foxe.
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     {To live down}, to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to
        live down slander.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Live \Live\ (l[imac]v), a. [Abbreviated from alive. See {Alive},
     {Life}.]
     1. Having life; alive; living; not dead.
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              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.
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     2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active
        properties; as, a live coal; live embers. " The live
        ether." --Thomson.
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     3. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a
        live man, or orator.
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     4. Vivid; bright. " The live carnation." --Thomson.
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     5. (Engin.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live
        spindle of a lathe; live steam.
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     6. (Elec.) Connected to a voltage source; as, a live wire.
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     7. (Broadcasting) Being transmitted instantaneously, as
        events occur, in contrast to {recorded}.
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     8. (Sport) Still in active play; -- of a ball being used in a
        game; as, a live ball.
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     9. Pertaining to an entertainment event which was performed
        (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience;
        contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an
        audience.
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     {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
        {Quercus 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.
  
     {live wire}
        (a) (Elec.) a wire connected to a power source, having a
            voltage potential; -- used esp. of a power line with a
            high potential relative to ground, capable of harming
            a person who touches it.
        (b) (Fig.) a person who is unusually active, alert, or
            aggressive.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  live
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {unrecorded}] [ant: {recorded}]
       2: showing characteristics of life; 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" [ant: {dead}]
       3: highly reverberant; "a live concert hall" [syn: {live(a)}]
       4: charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
       5: rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis
          ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"
          [syn: {bouncy}, {lively}, {resilient}, {springy}, {whippy}]
       6: abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a
          really live bunch"
       7: in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be
          set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
       8: of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"
       9: charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live
          wire" [syn: {hot}]
       10: having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous
           living painters"; "living tissue";
       11: capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very
           much alive" [syn: {alive(p)}, {live(a)}]
       adv : not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"
       v 1: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially 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" [syn: {dwell}, {shack},
             {reside}, {inhabit}, {people}, {populate}, {domicile},
            {domiciliate}]
       2: lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we
          had to live frugally after the war"
       3: 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" [syn: {survive}, {last}, {live
          on}, {go}, {endure}, {hold up}, {hold out}]
       4: 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" [syn: {exist},
           {survive}, {subsist}]
       5: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My
          grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: {be}]
       6: 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" [syn: {know}, {experience}]
       7: pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept
          yourself and others if you really want to live"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  223 Moby Thesaurus words for "live":
     Be, abide, ablaze, aboveground, active, activist, activistic,
     actual, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, alive,
     alive and kicking, among the living, animate, animated, ardent, be,
     be alive, be animate, be extant, be found, be in existence,
     be met with, be present, be somebody, be something, be the case,
     be there, berth, bide, blazing, bouncing, bouncy, breathe,
     breathing, breezy, brisk, bubbly, bunk, burning, busy, candent,
     candescent, capable of life, carry on, charged, chipper, cohabit,
     comburent, combustible, complete, conclude, conflagrant, conscious,
     contemporary, continue, continue to be, current, cut a dash,
     cut a figure, defeat time, defy time, dig, domicile, domiciliate,
     doss down, draw breath, dwell, dynamic, ebullient, effective,
     effectual, effervescent, efficacious, efficient, electrified, end,
     endowed with life, endure, energetic, enlivened, exist, existent,
     explosive, extend, fare, fetch breath, figure, finish, flagrant,
     flaming, flaring, flickering, flourish, frisky, full of go,
     full of life, full of pep, fuming, function, functioning,
     get along, gleam, glitter, glow, glowing, go on, guttering,
     hang out, happen to be, have being, have life, have place,
     high-tension, hold, hold on, hold out, hot, ignescent, ignited,
     in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, in the flesh, incandescent,
     inflamed, inhabit, inspirited, instinct with life, keep, keep on,
     kindled, last, last long, last out, live and breathe, live on,
     live through, lively, living, loaded, lodge, long-lived, maintain,
     make a figure, make a splash, material, mercurial, militant, move,
     nest, obtain, occupy, occur, on fire, operative, palpable, peppy,
     perch, perdure, perennate, perky, persevere, persist, pert,
     physical, prevail, quick, quicksilver, real, red-hot, reeking,
     remain, reside, respire, room, roost, run, run on, running,
     scintillant, scintillating, shine, smacking, smoking, smoldering,
     snappy, spanking, sparking, spend, spirited, sprightly, spry,
     squat, stand, stay, stay on, subsist, survive, sustain, tangible,
     tarry, tenacious of life, tenant, tide over, unextinguished,
     unquenched, very much alive, viable, vigorous, vital, vivacious,
     vivified, walk the earth, wear, wear well, white-hot, working,
     zingy, zoetic
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  LIVE
       LInux VErband (Linux, org.)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  live /li:v/ adj.,adv. [common] Opposite of `test'. Refers to actual
     real-world data or a program working with it. For example, the response
     to "I think the record deleter is finished" might be "Is it live yet?"
     or "Have you tried it out on live data?" This usage usually carries the
     connotation that live data is more fragile and must not be corrupted, or
     bad things will happen. So a more appropriate response might be: "Well,
     make sure it works perfectly before we throw live data at it." The
     implication here is that record deletion is something pretty
     significant, and a haywire record-deleter running amok live would
     probably cause great harm.