Live vs. Living
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;
