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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024liv•er1 /ˈlɪvɚ/USA pronunciation n. - Anatomy[countable] a large organ in animals with backbones, located in the upper abdomen, releasing bile and cleansing the blood.
- Zoologythis organ of an animal, as a calf, used as food: [uncountable]having liver for dinner.[countable]chicken livers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024liv•er1 (liv′ər),USA pronunciation n. - Anatomya large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- Zoologyan organ in other animals similar to the human liver, often used as food.
- a diseased condition of the liver;
biliousness:a touch of liver. - a reddish-brown color.
- Chemistrya rubberlike, irreversible thickening suspension occurring in paint, ink, etc., due to a chemical reaction between a colloidal pigment and a vehicle or as a result of polymerization of the vehicle.
adj. - of the color of liver.
v.i. - (of paint, ink, etc.) to undergo irreversible thickening.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English lifer, cognate with Dutch lever, German Leber, Old Norse lifr; perh. akin to Greek liparós fat
- a person who lives in a manner specified:an extravagant liver.
- a dweller or resident;
inhabitant.
- 1325–75; Middle English; see live1, -er1
- Pathologycomparative of live 2.
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