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WIKTIONARY
liver
Noun
  • ∙ A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions. anatomy
  • ∙ This organ, as taken from animals used as food. countable, uncountable
  • ∙ A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
Adjective
  • ∙ Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).
Noun
  • ∙ Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
Adjective
  • ∙ comparative form of live: more live
live
Verb
  • ∙ To be alive; to have life. intransitive
  • ∙ To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside. intransitive
  • ∙ To survive; to persevere; to continue. intransitive
  • ∙ To cope. intransitive, hyperbolic
  • ∙ To pass life in a specified manner. intransitive
  • ∙ To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually. transitive
  • ∙ To act habitually in conformity with; to practice. transitive
  • ∙ To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc). intransitive
  • ∙ To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist. intransitive, followed by "on" or "upon"
  • ∙ To make the most of life; to experience a full rich life. intransitive, informal
Adjective
  • ∙ Having life; that is alive. only used attributively
  • ∙ Being in existence; actual
  • ∙ Having active properties; being energized.
  • ∙ Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
  • ∙ Imparting power; having motion. engineering
  • ∙ Still in active play. sports
  • ∙ Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens. broadcasting
  • ∙ Of a performance or speech, in person.
  • ∙ Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
  • ∙ Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
  • ∙ Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched. circuitry
  • ∙ Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle. poker
  • ∙ Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
  • ∙ Being in a state of ignition; burning.
  • ∙ Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing. obsolete
  • ∙ Vivid; bright. obsolete
Adverb
  • ∙ Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
  • ∙ Of making a performance or speech, in person.
Liver
Adjective
  • ∙ From or pertaining to Liverpool. rare