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Liverpool
(fml) Long live the King! (an expression of loyal support) 3 [+adv/prep] to have one's home: Where do you live? | I live in Maple Road/in Liverpool. | Fish live in water. | (fig., infml) Where does this hammer live? (=where is it usually kept?) 4 [(by, on)] to keep oneself alive (with food, money, work etc): They barely earn enough to live. | Sheep live on (=live by eating) grass. | The islanders live by fishing. | Their little bit of land doesn't provide enough food to live on. 5 [+adv/prep;T] to pass or spend (one's life): to live one's life alone | to live a life of luxury | She lived in fear of her life/of being attacked. | He lived ten years as a monk. | I don't know how she lives like that, never leaving the house. 6 [|] to lead an interesting and varied life: My job's OK, but I want to live, not just to exist. | Now we're really living! 7 and they all lived happily ever after a phrase used at the end of old stories for children, now often used humorously 8 live a lie to continually behave in a way that hides what one is really like or how one feels: My marriage was never really happy—I was living a lie all those years. 9 live and learn to have learnt something surprising: Do Americans really have a higher body temperature than Europeans? Well, you live and learn! 10 live and let live to accept the behaviour of other people; be TOLERANT 11 live by/on one's wits to get money by clever tricks rather than by an ordinary job, especially dishonestly 12 live on borrowed time to continue to be alive or exist after the time when one could have been expected to die 13 live in sin old-fash, euph or humor (of two unmarried people) to live together as if married 14 live it up infml to have a wild good time; enjoy oneself with eating and drinking, parties, spending etc
1 When talking about the place where people live, dwell (lit) and reside (fml or pomp) are used like live: I live in London. | We visited the wise man who dwelt in the mountains. | People residing abroad are not subject to tax. Inhabit means 'to live in' and is usually used in formal descriptions of animal or human populations: These monkeys inhabit the tropical forests. | Nomadic tribes inhabit the Northern deserts. 2 When talking about a short period of time use stay and not live: Which hotel are you staying at? | I'm staying with friends.
live by sthg. phr v [T no pass.] to behave according to the rules of: He lives by a strict moral code. -> see also LIVE¹
live sthg. <—> down phr v [T] to make people forget about (something bad or shameful one has done), especially by later good behaviour: Do you remember when I was sick all over the mayoress's shoes? I don't think I'll ever live it down!
live for sthg./sbdy. phr v [T no pass.] to give most attention to; seem to have as one's main reason for living: She lives for her work/her children.
live in phr v [|] (especially formerly of a servant) to live in the place where one is employed -> compare LIVE out; see also LIVE-IN
live off sthg./sbdy. phr v [T] sometimes derog to get one's food or income from: I live off my investments. | He's nearly 30 and he still lives off his parents. | We were in enemy territory and had to live off the land. (=get food from fields and trees, by killing animals etc)
live on phr v [|] to continue in life or use; SURVIVE: She is dead but her memory lives on. (=people still remember her) -> see also LIVE¹
live out phr v 1 [T (live out sthg.)] to live till the end of: Will the old man live out the month? | I don't want to live out my life in this hole. 2 [T (live out sthg.)] to experience in reality: Her success enabled her to live out her wildest fantasies. 3 [|] (especially formerly of a servant) to live in a place away from one's place of work -> compare LIVE in
live through sthg. phr v [T] to remain alive during and in spite of (a difficult or dangerous period): He lived through two world wars. I to live through a famine
live together phr v [|] (of two people) to live with each other, having a sexual relationship, but without being married
live up to sthg. phr v [T] to keep to the high standards of: Did the film live up to your expectations? (=was it as good as you expected?)
live with sbdy./sthg. phr v [T] 1 to live in the same house as (someone else) in a sexual relationship, but without being married 2 to accept (a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one that continues for a long period): I don't enjoy the situation, but I can live with it.
live² /laiv/ adj 1 [A] alive; living: The cat was playing with a live mouse. -> oppose DEAD 2 (of lighted coal, wood etc) still burning: a live match 3 still able to explode: live ammunition -> compare DEAD¹ 4 carrying electricity which can give a shock to anyone who touches it: live wires -> compare DEAD¹ 5 a) (of broadcasting) seen and/or heard as it happens: It wasn't a recorded show; it was live. b) (of popular entertainers) actually appearing in person: Liza Minelli live in concert 6 still able to attract interest: a live issue/concern 7 a real live ... infml (used, especially by or to children, for giving force to a noun, especially when something unexpected is seen): Look! A real live elephant!
live³ /laɪv/ adv with a performance, event etc being shown as it actually happens: The President's speech was broadcast live.
Live Aid /'laiv eið/ two popular music concerts held in London and Philadelphia on the same day in 1985, which were organized by the musician Bob GELDOF to collect money to help people dying of hunger in Ethiopia. Live Aid led to other similar events, such as COMIC RELIEF. -> see also BAND AID
live birth /ˌlaiv 'b3:ǀ|-b3:rǀ/ n a birth in which the baby is born alive; an expression used in official figures: the number of live births per thousand of population
-lived -> see WORD FORMATION TABLE
'lived-in adj (of a room or a house) used by people for real everyday activities and not kept unnaturally beautiful, clean, and tidy just for show: The sitting-room had a lived-in look.
live-in /'liv iǀ/ adj [A] 1 infml being someone who sleeps and eats in a house where they are employed: a live-in housekeeper 2 often derog being someone who lives with their sexual partner without being married: a live-in boyfriend/ lover
livelihood /'laǀlhud/ n the way one earns money to live on: I don't just do it for fun – it's my livelihood.
live-long /'lǀvlǀǀ-lǀ:ǀ/ adj [A] poet (of the day or night) whole: all the livelong day
live-ly /'laivli/ adj 1 full of quick and often cheerful movement, thought, activity etc: a lively song| a lively mind| The subject produced a lively debate in Parliament. 2 bright; VIVID: lively colours 3 (in sport) which has or causes quick movement (of the ball): bowling the ball at a lively pace 4 in BASEBALL likely to travel far once hit: It's a lively ball — there've been three doubles this inning alone. 5 infml or humor troublesome; difficult: We'll make it lively for him/give him a lively time! —liveliness n [U]
Lively, Pe·nel·o·pe /pə'neləpi/ (1933– ) a British writer of NOVELS, short stories (SHORT STORY), and books for children. She won the Booker Prize in 1987 for her novel Moon Tiger.
liv-en /'laivən/ v
liven up phr v [i;T(= liven sthg. <— up)] to (cause to) become lively: Let's liven up the party with a little dancing.
liv-er¹ /'livə/ n 1 [C] a large organ in the body which produces BILE and cleans the blood -> see picture at DIGESTIVE 2 [U] this organ from an animal's body, used as food: liver and onions
liver² n a person who lives in the stated way: a clean liver (=someone who leads a healthy or morally correct life)
live rail /ˌlaiv 'reil/ n a thick metal bar which runs alongside the track of an electric railway and supplies electricity to the trains' motors: 'Danger — live rail' (notice near a railway track)
Liver Building, the /'laivə ˌbǀldiǀ|vər-/ a well-known building in Liverpool, on the River Mersey. On it are two figures of the Liver Bird, an imaginary bird which is the SYMBOL of Liverpool.
liv-er·ied /'livərid/ adj wearing LIVERY: a liveried servant/ chauffeur
liverish /'livəriʃ/ adj especially BrE infml feeling slightly ill, especially after eating and/or drinking too much
Liv-er-pool /'livəpu:ļ|vər-/ a city in the northwest of England, on the River Mersey.