live

1. Actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing (synset 301425429)
   "a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience"
   similar to: unfilmed, untaped - not recorded on film or tape
   same as: unrecorded
2. Exerting force or containing energy (synset 300100143)
   "live coals"; "tossed 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"
   also: active - (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
   similar to: living - (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
3. Possessing life (synset 300095301)
   "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"
   also: animate - endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
   tells us about:

   • animation, vitality - the property of being able to survive and grow
   • aliveness, animation, life, living - the condition of living or the state of being alive
   similar to:

   • liveborn - (of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn
   • viable - capable of life or normal growth and development
   • vital - manifesting or characteristic of life
   same as: alive
4. Highly reverberant (synset 302017537)
   "a live concert hall"
   similar to: reverberant - having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected
5. Charged with an explosive (synset 301427469)
   "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
   similar to: loaded - (of weapons) charged with ammunition
6. Elastic;
   Rebounds readily (synset 300847134)
   "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"
   similar to: elastic - capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy
   same as: bouncy, lively, resilient, springy
7. Abounding with life and energy (synset 300809813)
   "the club members are a really live bunch"
   domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
   similar to: lively - full of life and energy
8. In current use or ready for use (synset 300670686)
   "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
   referred to in: printing, printing process - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
   similar to: current - occurring in or belonging to the present time
9. Of current relevance (synset 300670576)
   "a live issue"; "still a live option"
   similar to: current - occurring in or belonging to the present time
10. Charged or energized with electricity (synset 300359472)
    "a hot wire"; "a live wire"
    referred to in: electricity - a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
    similar to: charged - of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
    same as: hot
11. Capable of erupting (synset 300041710)
    "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"
    similar to: active - (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
    same as: alive

1. Not recorded (synset 400260451)
   "the opera was broadcast live"

1. Be an inhabitant of or reside in (synset 202655932)
   "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
   is a type of: be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
   subtypes:

   • tenant - occupy as a tenant
   • neighbor, neighbour - live or be located as a neighbor
   • lodge in, occupy, reside - live (in a certain place)
   • domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack - make one's home in a particular place or community
   • people - furnish with people
   • overpopulate - cause to have too great a population
   • cohabit, live together, shack up - share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
   • lodge - be a lodger; stay temporarily
   • bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent - live in or as if in a tent
   • nest - inhabit a nest, usually after building
   • board, room - live and take one's meals at or in
   same as: dwell, inhabit, populate
2. Lead a certain kind of life;
   Live in a certain style (synset 202620422)
   "we had to live frugally after the war"
   entail: be, exist - have an existence, be extant
   subtypes:

   • board - lodge and take meals (at)
   • move - live one's life in a specified environment
   • dissipate - live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
   • swing - live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
   • live down, unlive - live so as to annul some previous behavior
   • wanton - indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
   • vegetate - lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
   • pig, pig it - live like a pig, in squalor
   • bushwhack - live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
   • buccaneer - live like a buccaneer
   • bach, bachelor - lead a bachelor's existence
   • eke out - live from day to day, as with some hardship
   • cash out - choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals
   verb group: live - pursue a positive and satisfying existence
3. Continue to live and avoid dying (synset 202624202)
   "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"; "One crash victim died, the other lived"
   entail: be, live - have life, be alive
   subtypes:

   • hold up, hold water, stand up - resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
   • perennate - survive from season to season, of plants
   • live out - live out one's life; live to the end
   same as: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live on, survive
   verb group:

   • be, live - have life, be alive
   • exist, live, subsist, survive - support oneself
4. Support oneself (synset 202622766)
   "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"
   subtypes:

   • breathe - be alive
   • drift, freewheel - live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
   same as: exist, subsist, survive
   verb group: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive - continue to live and avoid dying
5. Have life, be alive (synset 202620216)
   "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
   same as: be
   verb group: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive - continue to live and avoid dying
6. Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations (synset 200598039)
   "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"
   is a type of: experience, go through, see - undergo or live through a difficult experience
   subtypes:

   • taste - experience briefly
   • live over, relive - experience again, often in the imagination
   same as: experience, know
7. Pursue a positive and satisfying existence (synset 202621023)
   "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"
   verb group: live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style

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