live (
http://definr.com/live)
adj 1: actually being performed (or--for the audience--present) at
the time of viewing; "a live television program";
"brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live
entertainment" involves performers actually in the
physical presence of a "live audience" [syn:
unrecorded]
[ant:
recorded]
2: having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous
living painters"; "living tissue"; "living plants and
animals" [syn:
living]
3: showing characteristics of life; exerting force or
containing energy; "live coals"; "tossd a live cigarette
out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore
is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in
play" [ant:
dead]
4: highly reverberant; "a live concert hall" [syn:
live(a)]
5: charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
6: rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis
ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"
[syn:
bouncy,
lively,
resilient,
springy,
whippy]
7: (informal) abounding with life and energy; "the club members
are a really live bunch"
8: (printing) in current use or ready for use; "live copy is
ready to be set in type or already set but not yet
proofread"
9: of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"
10: (electricity) charged or energized with electricity; "a hot
wire"; "a live wire" [syn:
hot]
11: capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very
much alive" [syn:
alive(p),
live(a)]
adv : not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"
v 1: make one's home or live in; "There are only 250,000 people
in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These
people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted";
"The plains are sparsely populated" [syn:
dwell,
shack,
reside,
inhabit,
people,
populate]
2: lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we
had to live frugally after the war"
3: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and
food for 3 days"; "The legend of Elvis lives on"; "These
superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The
racecar driver lived through several very serious
accidents" [syn:
survive,
last,
live on,
go,
endure,
hold up,
hold out]
4: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage";
"Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many
people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn:
exist,
survive,
subsist]
5: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My
grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn:
be]
6: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or
sensations; "I know the feeling!" "have you ever known
hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug
addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare";
"I lived through two divorces" [syn:
know,
experience]
7: pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept
yourself and others if you really want to live"