Live vs. Living

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Liveverb

(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.

Liveverb

(intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

Liveverb

(intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.

Liveverb

To cope.

Liveverb

(intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.

Liveverb

(transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

Liveverb

(transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.

Liveverb

(intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).

Liveverb

To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.

Liveverb

To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

Liveadjective

(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.

Liveadjective

Being in existence; actual

Liveadjective

Having active properties; being energized.

Liveadjective

Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.

Liveadjective

Taken from a living animal.

Liveadjective

(engineering) Imparting power; having motion.

Liveadjective

(sports) Still in active play.

Liveadjective

(broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.

Liveadjective

Of a performance or speech, in person.

Liveadjective

Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.

Liveadjective

Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.

Liveadjective

(circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.

Liveadjective

(poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.

Liveadjective

Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.

Liveadjective

Being in a state of ignition; burning.

Liveadjective

(obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.

Liveadjective

(obsolete) Vivid; bright.

Liveadverb

Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.

Liveadverb

Of making a performance or speech, in person.

Livenoun

(obsolete) life

Liveverb

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.

Liveverb

To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.

Liveverb

To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea.

Liveverb

To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; - said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.

Liveverb

To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness; as, people want not just to exist, but to live.

Liveverb

To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; - with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.

Liveverb

To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.

Liveverb

To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; - with on or by; as, to live on spoils.

Liveverb

To outlast danger; to float; - said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.

Liveverb

To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.

Liveverb

To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.

Liveadjective

Having life; alive; living; not dead.

Liveadjective

Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers.

Liveadjective

Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.

Liveadjective

Vivid; bright.

Liveadjective

Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe; live steam.

Liveadjective

Connected to a voltage source; as, a live wire.

Liveadjective

Being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to recorded.

Liveadjective

Still in active play; - of a ball being used in a game; as, a live ball.

Liveadjective

Pertaining to an entertainment event which was performed (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience; contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an audience.

Livenoun

Life.

Liveverb

make one's home or live in;

Liveverb

lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style;

Liveverb

continue to live; endure or last;

Liveverb

support oneself;

Liveverb

have life, be alive;

Liveverb

have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;

Liveverb

pursue a positive and satisfying existence;

Liveadjective

actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing;

Liveadjective

showing characteristics of life; exerting force or containing energy;

Liveadjective

highly reverberant;

Liveadjective

charged with an explosive;

Liveadjective

rebounds readily;

Liveadjective

abounding with life and energy;

Liveadjective

in current use or ready for use;

Liveadjective

of current relevance;

Liveadjective

charged or energized with electricity;

Liveadjective

having life;

Liveadjective

capable of erupting;

Liveadverb

not recorded;

Liveverb

remain alive

Liveverb

be alive at a specified time

Liveverb

spend one's life in a particular way or under particular circumstances

Liveverb

(of an employee or student) reside at (or away from) the place where one works or studies

Liveverb

supply oneself with the means of subsistence

Liveverb

survive (an unpleasant experience or period)

Liveverb

survive in someone's mind; be remembered

Liveverb

have an exciting or fulfilling life

Liveverb

regard as the purpose or most important aspect of one's life

Liveverb

(of a ship) escape destruction; remain afloat.

Liveverb

make one's home in a particular place or with a particular person

Liveverb

(of an object) be kept in a particular place

Liveadjective

not dead or inanimate; living

Liveadjective

(of a vaccine) containing viruses or bacteria that are living but of a mild or attenuated strain.

Liveadjective

(of yogurt) containing the living microorganisms by which it is formed.

Liveadjective

relating to a musical performance given in concert, not on a recording

Liveadjective

(of a broadcast) transmitted at the time of occurrence, not from a recording

Liveadjective

(of a wire or device) connected to a source of electric current.

Liveadjective

of, containing, or using undetonated explosive

Liveadjective

(of coals) burning or glowing.

Liveadjective

(of a match) unused.

Liveadjective

(of a wheel or axle in machinery) moving or imparting motion.

Liveadjective

(of a ball in a game) in play, especially in contrast to being foul or out of bounds.

Liveadjective

(of a question or subject) of current or continuing interest and importance

Liveadverb

as or at an actual event or performance

Livingadjective

Having life.

Livingadjective

In use or existing.

Livingadjective

Of everyday life.

Livingadjective

True to life.

Livingadjective

Used as an intensifier.

Livingnoun

(uncountable) The state of being alive.

Livingnoun

Those who are alive.

Livingnoun

Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood

Livingnoun

A style of life.

Livingnoun

(canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.

Livingadjective

Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead.

Livingadjective

Active; lively; vigorous; - said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle.

Livingadjective

Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; - opposed to stagnant.

Livingadjective

Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.

Livingadjective

Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.

Livingnoun

The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.

Livingnoun

Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.

Livingnoun

Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate; as, to make a comfortable living from writing.

Livingnoun

Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.

Livingnoun

The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.

Livingnoun

the experience of living; the course of human events and activities;

Livingnoun

people who are still living;

Livingnoun

the condition of living or the state of being alive;

Livingnoun

the financial means whereby one lives;

Livingadjective

pertaining to living persons;

Livingadjective

true to life; lifelike;

Livingadjective

dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination;

Livingadjective

(informal) absolute;

Livingadjective

still in existence;

Livingadjective

still in active use;

Livingadjective

(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried;

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