| live | 1. To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity. "Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will . . . Lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live." (Ezek. Xxxvii. 5, 6) 2. To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully. "O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions!" (Ecclus. Xli. 1) 3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside. "Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years." (Gen. Xlvii. 28) 4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc. "Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water." (Shak) 5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness. "What greater curse could envious fortune give Than just to die when I began to live?" (Dryden) 6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; with on; as, horses live on grass and grain. 7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith. "The just shall live by faith." (Gal. Iii. Ll) 8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; with on or by; as, to live on spoils. "Those who live by labour." (Sir W. Temple) 9. To outlast danger; to float; said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm. "A strong mast that lived upon the sea." (Shak) To live out, to be at service; to live away from home as a servant. To live with. To dwell or to be a lodger with. To cohabit with; to have intercourse with, as male with female. Origin: OE. Liven, livien, AS. Libban, lifian; akin to OS. Libbian, D. Leven, G. Leben, OHG. Lebn, Dan. Leve, Sw. Lefva, Icel. Lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. Liban to live; akin to E. Leave to forsake, and life, Gr. To persist, oily, shining, sleek, fat, lard, Skr. Lip to anoint, smear; the first sense prob. Was, to cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay; and hence, to live. 1. Having life; alive; living; not dead. "If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it." (Ex. Xxi. 35) 2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers. " The live ether." 3. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator. 4. Vivid; bright. " The live carnation." 5. <engineering> Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe. 6. (Elec) connected to a voltage source, as a live wire. 7. (Broadcasting) being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to recorded. 8. (Sport) still in active play as a live ball. 9. Pertaingin to an entertainment event which was performed (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience; contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an audience Live birth, the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. Live box, a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. Live feathers, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic. Live gang. See Gang. <botany> Live grass, a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns. Live steam, steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from exhaust steam. Live stock, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. Whole body. Origin: Abbreviated from alive. See Alive, Life. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| live bottom | A material storage bin or truck with a floor which incorporates a device for removing or unloading the material contained in the bin. (05 Dec 1998) |
| live oral poliovirus vaccine | Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), an aqueous suspension of inactivated strains of poliomyelitis virus (types 1, 2, and 3) used by injection; has largely been replaced by the oral vaccine. See: Salk vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| live vaccine | Vaccine prepared from living, attenuated organisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| live vaccines | Vaccines containing living organisms or intact viruses. (14 Nov 1997) |
| live-forever | <botany> A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| livebirth | Live birth The birth of an infant who shows evidence of life after birth. See: liveborn infant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| liveborn infant | The product of a livebirth; an infant who shows evidence of life after birth; life is considered to be present after birth if any one of the following is observed: 1) if the infant breathes; 2) if the infant shows beating of the heart; 3) if pulsation of the umbilical cord occurs; or 4) if there is definite movement of voluntary muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo | A discoloured spot or patch on the skin, commonly due to passive congestion, commonly used alone to refer to l. Reticularis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| livedo racemosa | A persistent purplish network-patterned discoloration of the skin caused by dilation of capillaries and venules due to stasis or changes in underlying blood vessels including hyalinization; rarely appears as a developmental defect. Synonym: angiitis livedo reticularis, dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis, livedo racemosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo reticularis | A persistent purplish network-patterned discoloration of the skin caused by dilation of capillaries and venules due to stasis or changes in underlying blood vessels including hyalinization; rarely appears as a developmental defect. Synonym: angiitis livedo reticularis, dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis, livedo racemosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo reticularis idiopathica | An extensive and permanent form of livedo reticularis; in rare instances associated with central arterial disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo reticularis symptomatica | A discoloration or mottling of the skin due to some demonstrable cause, such as seen in erythema ab igne, and in certain tuberculids. See: cutis marmorata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo telangiectatica | A permanent mottling of the skin due to an anomaly, probably congenital, of the cutaneous capillaries; a form of livedo reticularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo vasculitis | Hyaline degeneration of the walls of small dermal blood vessels with occlusion seen with cryoglobulinaemia or in atrophie blanche. (05 Mar 2000) |