live² /līv/

1. Having life
2. Alive, not dead
3. (of a volcano) active, not extinct
4. Stirring
5. In operation or motion
6. Current, applicable, relevant
7. Unquarried or unwrought
8. Charged with energy (eg from electricity, explosives or other chemicals, etc) and still capable of discharge
9. Burning
10. Vivid
11. Of the theatre, etc, concerned with living performance as distinct from filming, broadcasting or televising
12. (of a broadcast) made directly from the actual event, not from a recording
13. (of a musical recording, video, etc) made during a concert performance
14. (of yoghurt) containing live bacteria
15. Fully operational (computing)
16. A fishmonger's word for very fresh

At, during, or as a live performance

-lived /-līvd or sometimes -livd/ combining form

Denoting having life (eg long-lived)

livˈen transitive verb

To enliven

To become lively

livˈener noun

live axle noun

Driving axle

live bait noun

A living animal as bait

liveˈbearer noun

A fish that gives birth to live young

liveˈ-bearing adjective

live birth noun

Birth in a living condition, opp to stillbirth

liveˈblog intransitive verb

To blog about an event while it is taking place

A blog in which an event is described as it is taking place

liveˈ-born adjective

liveˈ-box noun

1. A glass box for examining living objects under the microscope
2. A box for live fish

live cartridge noun

One containing a bullet, as opposed to a blank or a spent cartridge

live cell therapy noun

The use of specially prepared animal tissue to stimulate regeneration of diseased or damaged human tissue or cells (also called cellular therapy)

live centre noun

A rotating centre in the tailstock of a lathe, turning with the workpiece

live circuit noun

A circuit through which an electric current is flowing

liveˈ-feathˈers plural noun

Those plucked from the living fowl

live load noun

A moving weight or variable force on a structure

live oak noun

An American evergreen oak, with durable wood

liveˈ-rail noun

One carrying electric current (see also live wire below)

live shell noun

A shell still capable of exploding

live steam noun

Steam at full pressure, direct from a boiler

liveˈstock noun

1. Domestic animals, esp horses, cattle, sheep and pigs
2. Domestic or body vermin (slang)

liveˈstream transitive verb

To broadcast (an event) on the Internet as it happens

liveˈware noun (comput sl)

All the people working with a computer system, personnel as distinct from hardware or software

live weight noun

Weight of living animals

liveˈ-well noun

The well in a fishing-boat where fish are kept alive

live wire noun

1. A wire charged with an electric current
2. A person of intense energy or alertness (figurative)

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