live

Meanings

To be alive; to have life.
To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
To survive; to persevere; to continue.
To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
To cope.
To pass life in a specified manner.
To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
To live as; to live being.
To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

Having life; that is alive.
Being in existence; actual
Having active properties; being energized.
Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
Taken from a living animal.
Imparting power; having motion.
Still in active play.
Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
Being broadcast (“on the air”), as it happens.
In person.
Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
Being in a state of ignition; burning.
Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
Vivid; bright.

From Middle English lyven, libben, from Old English lifian, libban, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian líeuwje, West Frisian libje, Dutch leven, German Low German leven, lęven, German leben, Swedish leva, Icelandic lifa, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽.
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