Definition of LIVER

liver

Plural: livers

Noun

  • A large glandular organ in the abdomen, producing bile.
  • large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
  • liver of an animal used as meat
  • a person who has a special life style
    • "a high liver"
  • someone who lives in a place
    • "a liver in cities"
  • A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
  • This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
  • A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
  • Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.
  • Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
  • Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
  • Someone who is alive: one of the living.
  • Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
  • Someone who lives in a particular place; an inhabitant, a dweller.

Adjective Satellite

  • having a reddish-brown color

Adj

  • Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).
  • comparative form of live: more live

Examples

  • He gave his horse some liver of antimony.
  • He was glad ’LIVER’ was a valid word, even if it conjured a less-than-appetizing image.
  • I'd like some goose liver pate.
  • Seeing things on a big screen somehow makes them seem liver.
  • Steve Jobs is a famous liver transplant recipient.
  • You could fry up some chicken livers for a tasty treat. — Nah, I don't like chicken liver.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (“liver”), from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, smudge, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Líeuwer, Lieuwer (“liver”), West Frisian lever (“liver”), Dutch lever (“liver”), German Leber (“liver”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish lever (“liver”) (the last three from Old Norse lifr (“liver”)). Related to live.

Synonyms

liver-colored

Scrabble Score: 8

liver: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
liver: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
liver: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

liver: valid Words With Friends Word