lived

Variant of live

live definition

live (liv)

intransitive verb lived, living liv′·ing

  1. 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
  4. 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)
  6. to feed; subsist; have as one's usual food to live on fruits and nuts
  7. to make one's dwelling; reside
  8. to remain in human memory of men's good deeds live after them

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

transitive verb

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

live and let live

to do as one wishes and let other people do the same; be tolerant

live down

to live in such a way as to wipe out the memory or shame of (some fault, misdeed, etc.)

live high

to live in luxury

live in

to live at the place where one is in domestic service

live it up

Slang
  1. to have a joyful, hilarious time
  2. to indulge in pleasures, extravagances, etc. that one usually forgoes

live out

  1. to live until the end of; last through
  2. ☆ to sleep away from the place where one is in domestic service

live up to

to live or act in accordance with (certain ideals, promises, expectations, etc.)

live well

  1. to live in luxury
  2. to lead a virtuous life

live with

  1. to dwell with; be a lodger at the home of
  2. to cohabit with
  3. to tolerate; bear; endure

where one lives

Slang in a sensitive or vulnerable area

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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