live

I verb

1)

the greatest mathematician who ever lived

Syn:

exist, be alive, be, have life; breathe, draw breath, walk the earth

Ant:

die, be dead

2)

I live in Arkansas

Syn:

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

Syn:

pass/spend one's life, have a lifestyle; behave, conduct oneself; formal comport oneself

4)

she had lived a difficult life

Syn:

experience, spend, pass, lead, have, go through, undergo

5)

Fred lived by his wits

Syn:

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

Syn:

enjoy oneself, enjoy life, have fun, live life to the full/fullest

•

- live it up

- live off

- live on

II adjective

1)

live bait

Syn:

living, alive, having life, breathing, animate, sentient

Ant:

dead, inanimate

2)

a live performance

Syn:

in the flesh, personal, in person, not recorded

Ant:

recorded

3)

a live wire

Syn:

electrified, charged, powered, active; informal hot

Ant:

inactive

4)

live coals

Syn:

hot, glowing, red hot, aglow; burning, alight, flaming, aflame, blazing, ignited, on fire; literary afire

5)

a live grenade

Syn:

unexploded, explosive, active; unstable, volatile

Ant:

inactive

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- live wire