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Live is defined as to have life, continue to be alive, to reside somewhere or to behave throughout one's life in a particular way.

(verb)

An example of live is a person who's heart is beating and brain is functioning.
An example of live is a deer that was hit by a car, but is still walking and breathing.
An example of live is where a person sleeps and calls home.
An example of live is a person who spends their life being cautious.

The definition of live is seeing or hearing a performance as it is happening, not prerecorded.

(adjective)

An example of live is going to a concert.

See live in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb lived, living

to be alive; have life
1. to remain alive
2. to last; endure
1. to pass one's life in a specified manner: to live happily
2. to regulate or conduct one's life: to live by a strict moral code
to enjoy a full and varied life: to really know how to live
1. to maintain life; support oneself: to live on a pension
2. to be dependent for a living (with off)
to feed; subsist; have as one's usual food: to live on fruits and nuts
to make one's dwelling; reside
to remain in human memory of: men's good deeds live after them

Origin: ME liven < OE libban (akin to ON lifa, Goth liban, Ger leben) < IE *lib(h)s- < base *leibh-, to live

transitive verb

to practice or carry out in one's life: to live one's faith
to spend; pass: to live a useful life
to act (a role in a play) very convincingly or feelingly

adjective

having life; not dead
of the living state or living beings
having positive qualities, as of warmth, vigor, vitality, brightness, brilliance, etc.: a live organization, a live color
☆ of immediate or present interest: a live issue
1. still burning or glowing: a live spark
2. not extinct: a live volcano
not yet burned: said of a match
charged for explosion; unexploded: a live shell
carrying electrical current: a live wire
in the native state; not quarried or mined: live rocks
having resilience or elasticity: a live rubber ball
fresh; pure: said of the air
1. involving an appearance or performance in person, rather than a filmed or recorded one; transmitted during the actual performance: a live broadcast
2. recorded at a public performance
Mech. imparting motion or power
Printing set up ready to be printed
Sports in play: a live ball

Origin: aphetic for alive

adverb

in, from, or at an actual or public performance: recorded live at a nightclub

See live in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb lived lived, liv·ing, lives lives

verb, intransitive

To be alive; exist.
To continue to be alive: lived through a bad accident.
To support oneself; subsist: living on rice and fish; lives on a small inheritance.
To reside; dwell: lives on a farm.
To conduct one's life in a particular manner: lived frugally.
To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life: those who truly live.
To remain in human memory: an event that lives on in our minds.

verb, transitive

To spend or pass (one's life).
To go through; experience: lived a nightmare.
To practice in one's life: live one's beliefs.

Phrasal Verbs: live down To overcome or reduce the shame of (a misdeed, for example) over a period of time. live in To reside in the place where one is employed: household servants who live in. live out To live outside one's place of domestic employment: household servants who live out. live with To put up with; resign oneself to: disliked the situation but had to live with it.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English liven

Origin: , from Old English libban, lifian; see leip- in Indo-European roots

adjective

Having life; alive: live animals. See Synonyms at living.
Of, related to, or occurring during the life of one that is living: a live birth; the live weight of an animal before being slaughtered.
Of current interest or relevance: a live topic; still a live option.
Informal Full of life, excitement, or activity; lively: a live crowd at the parade; a live party.
Glowing; burning: live coals.
Not yet exploded but capable of being fired: live ammunition.
Electricity Carrying an electric current or energized with electricity: live cables lying dangerously on the ground.
Not mined or quarried; in the natural state: live ore.
a. Broadcast while actually being performed; not taped, filmed, or recorded: a live television program.
b. Involving performers or spectators who are physically present: live entertainment; a live audience.
Of, relating to, or containing living, often modified microorganisms: a live vaccine; live yogurt cultures.
Printing Not yet set into type: live copy.
Sports In play: a live ball.