| Live 1. (v. i.) 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. 2. (v. i.) 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. 3. (v. i.) To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside. 4. (v. i.) To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc. 5. (v. i.) To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness. 6. (v. i.) To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain. 7. (v. i.) To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith. 8. (v. i.) To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils. 9. (v. i.) To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm. 10. (v. t.) 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. 11. (v. t.) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice. 12. (a.) Having life; alive; living; not dead. 13. (a.) Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers. 14. (a.) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator. 15. (a.) Vivid; bright. 16. (a.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe. 17. (n.) Life. Thesaurus Entries 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 |