live


Meanings

  • inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of;
    • "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"
  • lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style;
    • "we had to live frugally after the war"
  • continue to live through hardship or adversity;
    • "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"
  • support oneself;
    • "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"
  • have life, be alive;
    • "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
  • have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;
    • "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"
  • pursue a positive and satisfying existence;
    • "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • possessing life;
    • "the happiest person alive"
    • "the nerve is alive"
    • "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"
    • "burned alive"
    • "a live canary"
  • highly reverberant;
    • "a live concert hall"
  • charged with an explosive;
    • "live ammunition"
    • "a live bomb"
  • elastic; rebounds readily;
    • "a lively tennis ball"
  • abounding with life and energy;
    • "the club members are a really live bunch"
  • in current use or ready for use;
    • "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
  • of current relevance;
    • "a live issue"
    • "still a live option"
  • charged or energized with electricity;
    • "a live wire"
  • capable of erupting;
    • "a live volcano"
    • "the volcano is very much alive"
  • not recorded;
    • "the opera was broadcast live"
  • LIVE adj LIVER, LIVEST having life
  • LIVE v LIVED, LIVING, LIVES to function as an animal or plant


Scrabble Score: 7

live is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

live is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

live is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 9

live is a valid Words With Friends word