| feeder | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. feeder | an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening. |
| ~ domestic animal, domesticated animal | any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment. |
| n. (person) | 2. eater, feeder | someone who consumes food for nourishment. |
| ~ consumer | a person who uses goods or services. |
| ~ devourer | someone who eats greedily or voraciously. |
| ~ diner | a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant). |
| ~ dunker | an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it.; "he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in" |
| ~ glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman | a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess. |
| ~ gobbler | a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls. |
| ~ luncher | someone who is eating lunch. |
| ~ mouth | a person conceived as a consumer of food.; "he has four mouths to feed" |
| ~ mycophage, mycophagist | a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms). |
| ~ nosher, snacker | someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals. |
| ~ omnivore | a person who eats all kinds of foods. |
| ~ picknicker, picnicker | a person who is picnicking. |
| ~ gorger, scoffer | someone who eats food rapidly and greedily. |
| ~ vegetarian | eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products. |
| n. (object) | 3. affluent, confluent, feeder, tributary | a branch that flows into the main stream. |
| ~ branch | a stream or river connected to a larger one. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. feeder, self-feeder | a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material.; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock" |
| ~ machine | any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder | an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| n. (animal) | 6. feeder | an animal that feeds on a particular source of food.; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| pet | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. pet | a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement. |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| n. (person) | 2. darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite, pet | a special loved one. |
| ~ lover | a person who loves someone or is loved by someone. |
| ~ chosen | one who is the object of choice; who is given preference.; "she was Mama's chosen" |
| ~ macushla | (an Irish term of address expressing affection) darling. |
| ~ mollycoddle | a pampered darling; an effeminate man. |
| ~ teacher's pet | the teacher's favorite student. |
| n. (feeling) | 3. pet | a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight). |
| ~ choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance | an irritable petulant feeling. |
| n. (act) | 4. pet, positron emission tomography | using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain). |
| ~ tomography, imaging | (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body. |
| v. (contact) | 5. pet | stroke or caress gently.; "pet the lamb" |
| ~ caress, fondle | touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner.; "He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi" |
| ~ canoodle | fondle or pet affectionately. |
| ~ gentle | stroke soothingly. |
| ~ neck, make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
| v. (contact) | 6. pet | stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking. |
| ~ caress, fondle | touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner.; "He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi" |
| adj. | 7. best-loved, favored, favorite, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred | preferred above all others and treated with partiality.; "the favored child" |
| ~ loved | held dear.; "his loved companion of many years" |
| animate | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate | heighten or intensify.; "These paintings exalt the imagination" |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ encourage | inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. |
| v. (change) | 2. animate, animise, animize | give lifelike qualities to.; "animated cartoons" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 3. animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up | make lively.; "let's liven up this room a bit" |
| ~ energize, energise, perk up, arouse, brace, stimulate | cause to be alert and energetic.; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" |
| ~ ginger up, jazz up, juice up, pep up | make more interesting or lively.; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper" |
| ~ inspirit, spirit, spirit up | infuse with spirit.; "The company spirited him up" |
| v. (body) | 4. animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify | give new life or energy to.; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" |
| ~ energize, energise, perk up, arouse, brace, stimulate | cause to be alert and energetic.; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" |
| ~ resuscitate, come to, revive | return to consciousness.; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" |
| adj. | 5. animate | belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings.; "the word `dog' is animate" |
| ~ linguistics | the scientific study of language. |
| adj. | 6. animate | endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life.; "we are animate beings" |
| adj. | 7. animate, sentient | endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage" |
| ~ sensate | having physical sensation.; "sensate creatures" |
| live | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. dwell, inhabit, live, populate | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| ~ tenant | occupy as a tenant. |
| ~ neighbor, neighbour | live or be located as a neighbor.; "the neighboring house" |
| ~ lodge in, occupy, reside | live (in a certain place).; "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" |
| ~ domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack | make one's home in a particular place or community.; "may parents reside in Florida" |
| ~ people | furnish with people.; "The plains are sparsely populated" |
| ~ overpopulate | cause to have too great a population.; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated" |
| ~ cohabit, live together, shack up | share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple. |
| ~ lodge | be a lodger; stay temporarily.; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" |
| ~ bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent | live in or as if in a tent.; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" |
| ~ nest | inhabit a nest, usually after building.; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ room, board | live and take one's meals at or in.; "she rooms in an old boarding house" |
| v. (stative) | 2. live | lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style.; "we had to live frugally after the war" |
| ~ move | live one's life in a specified environment.; "she moves in certain circles only" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| ~ dissipate | live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption. |
| ~ live | pursue a positive and satisfying existence.; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live" |
| ~ swing | live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style.; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely" |
| ~ live down, unlive | live so as to annul some previous behavior.; "You can never live this down!" |
| ~ wanton | indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life. |
| ~ vegetate | lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind. |
| ~ pig, pig it | live like a pig, in squalor. |
| ~ bushwhack | live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla. |
| ~ buccaneer | live like a buccaneer. |
| ~ bach, bachelor | lead a bachelor's existence. |
| ~ eke out | live from day to day, as with some hardship.; "He eked out his years in great poverty" |
| ~ cash out | choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals.; "After 3 decades in politics, she cashed out and moved to Polynesia" |
| v. (stative) | 3. endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive | continue to live through hardship or adversity.; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" |
| ~ live, be | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| ~ live, be | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| ~ subsist, exist, survive, live | support oneself.; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" |
| ~ hold water, stand up, hold up | resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc..; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water" |
| ~ perennate | survive from season to season, of plants. |
| ~ live out | live out one's life; live to the end. |
| v. (stative) | 4. exist, live, subsist, survive | support oneself.; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" |
| ~ breathe | be alive.; "Every creature that breathes" |
| ~ freewheel, drift | live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely.; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" |
| ~ live on, survive, last, endure, live, hold out, hold up, go | continue to live through hardship or adversity.; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" |
| v. (stative) | 5. be, live | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| ~ live on, survive, last, endure, live, hold out, hold up, go | continue to live through hardship or adversity.; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. experience, know, live | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations.; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" |
| ~ taste | experience briefly.; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died" |
| ~ live over, relive | experience again, often in the imagination.; "He relived the horrors of war" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| v. (stative) | 7. live | pursue a positive and satisfying existence.; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live" |
| ~ live | lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style.; "we had to live frugally after the war" |
| adj. | 8. live, unrecorded | actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing.; "a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience" |
| ~ unfilmed, untaped | not recorded on film or tape. |
| adj. | 9. live | exerting force or containing energy.; "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" |
| ~ active | (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt.; "active volcanos" |
| ~ in play | of a ball.; "the ball is still in play" |
| ~ living | (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried.; "carved into the living stone" |
| adj. | 10. alive, live | possessing life.; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary" |
| ~ liveborn | (of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn.; "a liveborn baby" |
| ~ viable | capable of life or normal growth and development.; "viable seeds"; "a viable fetus" |
| ~ vital | manifesting or characteristic of life.; "a vital, living organism"; "vital signs" |
| ~ animate | endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life.; "we are animate beings" |
| adj. | 11. live | highly reverberant.; "a live concert hall" |
| ~ reverberant | having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected.; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" |
| adj. | 12. live | charged with an explosive.; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb" |
| ~ loaded | (of weapons) charged with ammunition.; "a loaded gun" |
| adj. | 13. bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy | elastic; rebounds readily.; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" |
| ~ elastic | capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy.; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk" |
| adj. | 14. live | abounding with life and energy.; "the club members are a really live bunch" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ lively | full of life and energy.; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party" |
| adj. | 15. live | in current use or ready for use.; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread" |
| ~ printing process, printing | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication. |
| ~ current | occurring in or belonging to the present time.; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" |
| adj. | 16. live | of current relevance.; "a live issue"; "still a live option" |
| ~ current | occurring in or belonging to the present time.; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" |
| adj. | 17. hot, live | charged or energized with electricity.; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" |
| ~ electricity | a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons. |
| ~ charged | of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.; "charged particles"; "a charged battery" |
| adj. | 18. alive, live | capable of erupting.; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive" |
| ~ active | (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting. |
| adv. | 19. live | not recorded.; "the opera was broadcast live" |
| living | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. life, living | the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities.; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" |
| ~ experience | the content of direct observation or participation in an event.; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" |
| n. (group) | 2. living | people who are still living.; "save your pity for the living" |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| n. (state) | 3. aliveness, animation, life, living | the condition of living or the state of being alive.; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" |
| ~ being, beingness, existence | the state or fact of existing.; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" |
| ~ eternal life, life eternal | life without beginning or end. |
| ~ skin | a person's skin regarded as their life.; "he tried to save his skin" |
| ~ survival, endurance | a state of surviving; remaining alive. |
| n. (possession) | 4. bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance | the financial means whereby one lives.; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" |
| ~ resource | available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed. |
| ~ amenities, comforts, conveniences, creature comforts | things that make you comfortable and at ease.; "all the comforts of home" |
| ~ maintenance | means of maintenance of a family or group. |
| ~ meal ticket | a source of income or livelihood. |
| ~ subsistence | minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting.; "social security provided only a bare subsistence" |
| adj. (pertain) | 5. living | pertaining to living persons.; "within living memory" |
| adj. | 6. living | true to life; lifelike.; "the living image of her mother" |
| ~ realistic | aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are.; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans" |
| adj. | 7. living | (informal) absolute.; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| ~ absolute | perfect or complete or pure.; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol" |
| adj. | 8. living, surviving | still in existence.; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" |
| ~ extant | still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost.; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk" |
| adj. | 9. living | still in active use.; "a living language" |
| ~ extant | still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost.; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk" |
| adj. | 10. living | (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried.; "carved into the living stone" |
| ~ live | exerting force or containing energy.; "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" |
| survive | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive | continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.).; "He survived the cancer against all odds" |
| ~ convalesce, recover, recuperate | get over an illness or shock.; "The patient is recuperating" |
| ~ defeat, get the better of, overcome | win a victory over.; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" |
| v. (stative) | 2. outlast, outlive, survive | live longer than.; "She outlived her husband by many years" |
| ~ live, be | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
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