topminnow poeciliid fish poeciliid live-bearer | small usually brightlyolored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control |
live axle driving axle | the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power |
live load superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
Sabin vaccine oral poliovirus vaccine OPV trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine TOPV | an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis |
live body | the body of a living animal or person |
live birth | the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation) |
eager beaver busy bee live wire sharpie sharpy | an alert and energetic person |
sensitive plant touch-me-not shame plant live-and-die humble plant action plant Mimosa pudica | prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia, heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled |
live oak | any of several American evergreen oaks |
coast live oak California live oak Quercus agrifolia | highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves |
canyon oak canyon live oak maul oak iron oak Quercus chrysolepis | medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves |
southern live oak Quercus virginiana | medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico, often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown, extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding |
interior live oak Quercus wislizenii Quercus wizlizenii | a small shrubby evergreen tree of western North America similar to the coast live oak but occurring chiefly in foothills of mountain ranges removed from the coast, an important part of the chaparral |
orpine orpin livelong live-forever Sedum telephium | perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers |
live steam | steam coming from a boiler at full pressure |
continue | exist over a prolonged period of time, The bad weather continued for two more weeks |
know experience 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 |
relive live over | experience again, often in the imagination, He relived the horrors of war |
accept live with swallow | tolerate or accommodate oneself to, I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions, I swallowed the insult, She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies |
continue go on carry on proceed | continue talking, I know it's hard, he continued, but there is no choice, carry on--pretend we are not in the room |
live in sleep in | live in the house where one works, our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her |
live out sleep out | work in a house where one does not live, our cook lives out, he can easily commute from his home |
live it up | enjoy oneself, it's your birthday, so let's live it up! |
proceed go forward continue | move ahead, travel onward in time or space, We proceeded towards Washington, She continued in the direction of the hills, We are moving ahead in time now |
retain continue keep keep on | allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature, We cannot continue several servants any longer, She retains a lawyer, The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff, Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on, We kept the work going as long as we could, She retained her composure, this garment retains its shape even after many washings |
be live | have life, be alive, Our great leader is no more, My grandfather lived until the end of war |
live | lead a certain kind of life, live in a certain style, we had to live frugally after the war |
live | pursue a positive and satisfying existence, You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live |
unlive live down | live so as to annul some previous behavior, You can never live this down! |
exist survive live subsist | support oneself, he could barely exist on such a low wage, Can you live on $a month in New York City?, Many people in the world have to subsist on a day |
survive last live live on go e endure hold up hold out | continue to live through hardship or adversity, We went without water and food for 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 out | live out one's life, live to the end |
populate dwell live inhabit | 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 |
cohabit live together shack up | share living quarters, usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple |
satisfy fulfill fulfil live up to | meet the requirements or expectations of |
continue uphold carry on bear on preserve | keep or maintain in unaltered condition, cause to remain or last, preserve the peace in the family, continue the family tradition, Carry on the old traditions |
continue go on proceed go along keep | continue a certain state, condition, or activity, Keep on working!, We continued to work into the night, Keep smiling, We went on working until well past midnight |
cover continue extend | span an interval of distance, space or time, The war extended over five years, The period covered the turn of the century, My land extends over the hills on the horizon, This farm covers someacres, The Archipelago continues for anothermiles |
stay stay on continue a remain | continue in a place, position, or situation, After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser, Stay with me, please, despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year, She continued as deputy mayor for another year |
continue b | continue after an interruption, The demonstration continued after a break for lunch |
continue persist in | do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop, We continued our research into the cause of the illness, The landlord persists in asking us to move |
alive live | capable of erupting, a live volcano, the volcano is very much alive |
alive(p) live | possessing life, the happiest person alive, the nerve is alive, doctors are working hard to keep him alive, burned alive, a live canary |
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 |
hot live | charged or energized with electricity, a hot wire, a live wire |
live | of current relevance, a live issue, still a live option |
live | in current use or ready for use, live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread |
live | abounding with life and energy, the club members are a really live bunch |
bouncy live lively resilient springy | elastic, rebounds readily, clean bouncy hair, a lively tennis ball, as resilient as seasoned hickory, springy turf |
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 |