adjective. Having life; alive: synonym: living.

adjective. Of, related to, or occurring during the life of one that is living.

adjective. Of current interest or relevance.

adjective. Full of life, excitement, or activity; lively.

adjective. Glowing; burning.

adjective. Not yet exploded but capable of being fired.

adjective. Carrying an electric current or energized with electricity.

adjective. Not mined or quarried; in the natural state.

adjective. undefined

adjective. Broadcast while actually being performed; not taped, filmed, or recorded.

adjective. Involving performers or spectators who are physically present.

adjective. Of, relating to, or containing living bacteria or active viruses, sometimes in an attenuated form.

adjective. Not yet set into type.

adjective. In play.

adverb. At, during, or from the time of actual occurrence or performance.

intransitive verb. To be alive; exist.

intransitive verb. To continue to be alive.

intransitive verb. To support oneself; subsist.

intransitive verb. To reside; dwell.

intransitive verb. To conduct one's life in a particular manner.

intransitive verb. To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life.

intransitive verb. To remain in human memory.

intransitive verb. To spend or pass (one's life).

intransitive verb. To go through; experience.

intransitive verb. To practice in one's life.

phrasal verb. To overcome or reduce the shame of (a misdeed, for example) over a period of time.

phrasal verb. To reside in the place where one is employed.

phrasal verb. To live outside one's place of domestic employment.

phrasal verb. To put up with; resign oneself to.

idiom. (live it up) To engage in festive pleasures or extravagances.

idiom. (live off/on) To enjoy the best of everything; live in comfort or luxury.

idiom. (live up to) To live or act in accordance with.

idiom. (live up to) To prove equal to.

idiom. (live up to) To carry out; fulfill.

In machinery, having motion, as distinguished from fixed or stationary: as, a live axle.

In electricity, connected directly or indirectly with a source of electric power, whether carrying current or not: said of a circuit.

Being in life; living; animate; not dead: as, a live animal or plant.

Lively; animated; alert; energetic; not listless or inert: as, a live preacher; a live book.

Manifesting life or energy; acting as if with living force; effective; operative; ready for immediate use or work; under pressure, as of steam: as, a live machine; live steam, etc. See phrases below.

Glowing; vivid: as, a live coal.

Fresh; not stale or impure.

Of present use or interest; not effete, obsolete, or out of date; subject to present or prospective need: as, the live topics of the day; live matter (in a printing-office).

noun. A Middle English oblique form of life, still existing in alive and livelong.

To continue in being; remain or be kept alive; not to die, perish, or be destroyed: said of both animate and inanimate things, corporeal or incorporeal.

To have life; possess organic vitality; be capable of performing vital functions: said of animals and plants.

To use or pass life; direct the course of one's life; regulate one's manner of existing: as, to live well or ill, in either a physical or a moral sense.

Hence, used absolutely To make full use of life or its opportunities; get the greatest advantage or enjoyment from existence.

To abide; have or make an abiding-place; dwell or reside; have place: as, to live in a town; to live with one's parents.

To have means of subsistence; receive or procure a maintenance; get a livelihood: as, to live on one's income.

To feed; subsist; be nourished: with by before the means or method, and on or upon (sometimes with) before the material: as, cattle live on grass and grain; to live on the fat of the land.

"Their names will forever live on the lips of the people -- Their names will, on the lips of the people, forever live_."