livˈer noun

livedˈ-in adjective

1. (of a room, etc) homely with the signs of habitation
2. (of a face) marked by life's experiences

liveˈ-inˈ adjective

1. (of an employee) living at the place of work
2. (of a sexual partner) sharing the same dwelling

live a lie

To conduct one's life in such a way as to deny or conceal some essential circumstance or aspect of one's character, usu shameful

live and breathe

To be passionately enthusiastic about

live and learn

To keep learning new and surprising things

live and let live

To give and expect toleration or forbearance

live by

To order one's life according to (a principle, etc)

live down

Eventually to rehabilitate oneself in people's eyes after (a failure, mistake, etc)

live for

1. To attach great importance to
2. To make (something) the chief concern of one's life
3. To look forward longingly to

live in

To reside at one's place of employment

live it up

1. To go on a spree
2. To cram one's life with excitement and pleasure

live off

1. To be financially supported by
2. To feed oneself exclusively on (particular foods)

live on

1. To live by feeding upon, or with expenditure limited to
2. To continue or last

live on air (facetious)

To have no apparent means of sustenance

live out

1. To live (one's life) entirely in a particular way or place
2. To survive
3. To fulfil (eg the destiny reserved for one)
4. (of someone in domestic service) to live away from the workplace (US)
5. (of eg a hotel worker, hospital doctor, etc) to live away from one's place of employment
6. (of a student) to have accommodation outside the college or university campus

live out of (informal)

To depend on the limited range of eg food offered by (tins) or clothes contained in (a suitcase)

live through

To experience at first hand and survive (esp an unpleasant event)

live to

To live long enough to, come at last to

live together

To cohabit

live under (archaic)

To be tenant to

live up to

1. To behave in a manner worthy of
2. To fulfil or satisfy (expectations, a promise, etc)

live well

To live luxuriously

live with

1. To cohabit with
2. To accept and adapt to as an inescapable part of one's life

the living theatre

The live theatre

liver¹ /livˈər/

noun

1. A large gland that secretes bile, stores and filters blood, converts sugar into glycogen and performs other metabolic functions, formerly regarded as the seat of courage, love, etc
2. This organ taken from an animal's body, used for food
3. A disordered state of the liver (informal)
4. In old chemistry, a sulphide or other liver-coloured substance (liver of sulphur, a mixture obtained by heating potassium carbonate with sulphur)

adjective

Liver-colour

-livered combining form

Eg white-livered or lily-livered (literally, having a pallid, blood-starved liver), cowardly

livˈerish or livˈery adjective (old)

1. Suffering from a disordered liver
2. Irritable

livˈerishly adverb

livˈerishness noun

livˈer-colˈour noun and adjective

(of) the colour of liver, dark reddish brown

livˈer-coloured adjective

liver fluke noun

A trematode worm that infects the bile-ducts of sheep and other animals

livˈer-grown adjective

Having a swollen liver

liver rot noun

A disease caused by liver flukes

liver salts plural noun

Mineral salts taken to cure indigestion

liver sausage noun

A rich sausage made of liver

liver spot noun

A liver-coloured mark on the skin appearing in old age

livˈerwing noun

A fowl's right wing, which is cooked with the liver

livˈerwort /-wûrt/ noun

Any plant of the Hepaticae, forming with the mosses the Bryophyta, similar to a moss, growing in damp places and having leaves of a liverlike shape, some kinds having once been used medicinally in diseases of the liver

livˈerwurst /-wûrst/ noun

Liver sausage

liver³ /līˈvər/

noun

A fanciful bird on the arms of the city of Liverpool