actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
<adj.all> a live television program brought to you live from Lincoln Center live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience
exerting force or containing energy
<adj.all> 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
possessing life
<adj.all> the happiest person alive the nerve is alive doctors are working hard to keep him alive burned alive a live canary [ adv ]
not recorded
<adv.all> the opera was broadcast live [ adj ]
highly reverberant
<adj.all> a live concert hall
charged with an explosive
<adj.all> live ammunition a live bomb
elastic; rebounds readily
<adj.all> clean bouncy hair a lively tennis ball as resilient as seasoned hickory springy turf
abounding with life and energy
<adj.all> the club members are a really live bunch
in current use or ready for use
<adj.all> live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
of current relevance
<adj.all> a live issue still a live option
charged or energized with electricity
<adj.all> a hot wire a live wire
capable of erupting
<adj.all> a live volcano the volcano is very much alive
Live \Live\ (l[i^]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lived} (l[i^]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Living}.] [OE. liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. leb[=e]n, Dan. leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr. liparei^n to persist, liparo`s oily, shining, sleek, li`pos fat, lard, Skr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the first sense prob. was, to cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay; and hence, to live.] 1. 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.
Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will . . . lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live. --Ezek. xxxvii. 5, 6.
2. 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.
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions! --Ecclus. xli. 1.
3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea.
Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. --Gen. xlvii. 28.
4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. --Shak.
5. 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.
What greater curse could envious fortune give Than just to die when I began to live? --Dryden.
6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.
The just shall live by faith. --Gal. iii. ll.
8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
Those who live by labor. --Sir W. Temple.
9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
A strong mast that lived upon the sea. --Shak.
{To live out}, to be at service; to live away from home as a servant. [U. S.]
{To live with}. (a) To dwell or to be a lodger with. (b) To cohabit with; to have intercourse with, as male with female.
Live \Live\ (l[i^]v), v. t. 1. 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.
2. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
To live the Gospel. --Foxe.
{To live down}, to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to live down slander.
Live \Live\ (l[imac]v), a. [Abbreviated from alive. See {Alive}, {Life}.] 1. Having life; alive; living; not dead.
If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it. --Ex. xxi. 35.
2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers. `` The live ether.'' --Thomson.
3. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.
4. Vivid; bright. `` The live carnation.'' --Thomson.
5. (Engin.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe; live steam.
6. (Elec.) Connected to a voltage source; as, a live wire. [PJC]
7. (Broadcasting) Being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to {recorded}. [PJC]
8. (Sport) Still in active play; -- of a ball being used in a game; as, a live ball. [PJC]
9. 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. [PJC]
{Live birth}, the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. --Dunglison.
{Live box}, a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. --P. H. Gosse.
{Live feathers}, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic.
{Live gang}. (Sawing) See under {Gang}.
{Live grass} (Bot.), a grass of the genus {Eragrostis}.
{Live load} (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof.
{Live oak} (Bot.), a species of oak ({Quercus virens}), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the {Quercus chrysolepis} and some other species are also called live oaks.
{Live ring} (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns.
{Live steam}, steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from {exhaust steam}.
{Live stock}, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body.
{live wire} (a) (Elec.) a wire connected to a power source, having a voltage potential; -- used esp. of a power line with a high potential relative to ground, capable of harming a person who touches it. (b) (Fig.) a person who is unusually active, alert, or aggressive. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Live \Live\ (l[imac]v), n. Life. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{On live}, in life; alive. [Obs.] See {Alive}. --Chaucer.
Like kinsmen in neighboring Zaire, their height averages about 3 feeet and they usually live in forests, eating meat, roots and wild fruit.
"That's not going to make people live their lives together and be responsible to each other," she says.
Thought for today: "How do most people live without any thoughts?
He said two of them no longer live in the area but frequently return for visits.
She married a plumber from Kentucky in Las Vegas 11 years ago and they live in a quiet, elm-shaded mobile-home park filled with retirees.
At the same time, 30% of Puerto Rican families in the U.S. live in poverty, compared with a 9% national average.
The agency, he said, has barred the importation of live cattle from Britain since July 1989.
It took several moments to deconstruct this. It seems that News At Ten now specialises in the 'sandwich', a conventional film report served up to the consumer between a studio intro and a live two-way interview involving anchorman and reporter.
A few miles south, down a gravel road near the community of Lane, George Bradshaw and his two mentally handicapped sons live in a trailer roofed by a plastic tarp, without electricity, drawing water from a pump up the road.
"I live close to the earth," notes the lookout, a 40-year-old who has a girlfriend in Greenville.
But it expected considerably more public funds would be needed since many women who need better prenatal care live near or below the poverty line.
Although the ticks that carry the ailment live on deer in their adult stages, Lyme disease is transmitted by bites from immature ticks, which feed primarily on mice.
About 1.5 million Palestinian Arabs live in the territories seized by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
"When I first came here, live whales cost Newfoundland fishermen over $1 million a year from lost or damaged nets and all," Beamish says. "And now tourism probably brings in $1 million a year to the island.
Letting him and his family live in prison would have been more just.
Some people were not born to live in a socialist system. Miguel is one of them.
Army spokesmen have contended plastic bullets, which penetrate the body with less force than live ammunition, are not lethal unless fired from less than 20 yards' distance.
She has performed live for millions She has a platinum album (more than a million copies sold) for her "Greatest Hits."
You have to live with a score and let it settle to see if it sits properly with the audience." In London, too, preview periods are much briefer than on Broadway, so that adjustments are more easily made after the opening.
And, despite all its new-found enthusiasm for Elsie, Borden won't spend more than $3,000 to purchase its live symbol.
In mice, an average of about eight live animals are born for every 20 micro-injected embryos.
Connolly's final twist of the knife was his remark that Housman 'will live as long as the BBC'; but it begins to look as if Housman will be the more enduring of the two.
In 1980, their percentage was 10.6%. About 11 million live in the South, accounting for 17% of the area's voting-age population.
He became concerned after hearing news reports 10 days earlier that an identical cannonball that was given to the St. Clements Island Museum had been found to be live, said fire marshal's spokesman Bob Thomas.
More than 60,000 Moslems live in the northern England community, where demonstrators have burned copies of Rushdie's book.
The site is directly across the river from where the girl's parents, Robert and Paula Sims, live.
The staff will produce seven hours of live news, weather and markets coverage every week day, and several half-hour summaries daily.
"I brought my family here after the riots because we couldn't live there anymore," Arzumanyan said, standing amid the ruined apartment he moved into only a month ago.
Almost 50,000 Moslems live in the Old City, along with 7,000 Christians and approximately 4,000 Jews.
Strong cash markets boosted live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which spurred buying in the adjacent pits.