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| dwell, inhabit, live, populate | (v.) | 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" |
| live | (v.) | lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style.; "we had to live frugally after the war" |
| endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive | (v.) | 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?" |
| exist, live, subsist, survive | (v.) | 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" |
| be, live | (v.) | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| experience, know, live | (v.) | 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" |
| live | (v.) | pursue a positive and satisfying existence.; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live" |
| live, unrecorded | (adj.) | 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" |
| live | (adj.) | 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" |
| alive, live | (adj.) | possessing life.; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary" |
| live | (adj.) | highly reverberant.; "a live concert hall" |
| live | (adj.) | charged with an explosive.; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb" |
| bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy | (adj.) | elastic; rebounds readily.; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" |
| live | (adj.) | abounding with life and energy.; "the club members are a really live bunch" |
| live | (adj.) | in current use or ready for use.; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread" |
| live | (adj.) | of current relevance.; "a live issue"; "still a live option" |
| hot, live | (adj.) | charged or energized with electricity.; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" |
| alive, live | (adj.) | capable of erupting.; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive" |
| live | (adv.) | not recorded.; "the opera was broadcast live" |
