live
     adj 1: 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" [syn: {unrecorded}] [ant: {recorded}]
     2: showing characteristics of life; 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" [ant: {dead}]
     3: highly reverberant; "a live concert hall" [syn: {live(a)}]
     4: charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
     5: rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis
        ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"
        [syn: {bouncy}, {lively}, {resilient}, {springy}, {whippy}]
     6: abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a
        really live bunch"
     7: in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be
        set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
     8: of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"
     9: charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live
        wire" [syn: {hot}]
     10: having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous
         living painters"; "living tissue";
     11: capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very
         much alive" [syn: {alive(p)}, {live(a)}]
     adv : not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"
     v 1: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in
          Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These
          people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted";
          "The plains are sparsely populated" [syn: {dwell}, {shack},
           {reside}, {inhabit}, {people}, {populate}, {domicile},
          {domiciliate}]
     2: lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we
        had to live frugally after the war"
     3: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and
        food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the
        backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through
        several very serious accidents" [syn: {survive}, {last}, {live  on}, {go}, {endure}, {hold up}, {hold out}]
     4: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage";
        "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many
        people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn: {exist},
         {survive}, {subsist}]
     5: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My
        grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: {be}]
     6: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or
        sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known
        hunger?"; "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" [syn: {know}, {experience}]
     7: pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept
        yourself and others if you really want to live"