Live

Russian Meaning

English Meaning

1. To be alive; exist.
2. To continue to be alive: lived through a bad accident.
3. To support oneself; subsist: living on rice and fish; lives on a small inheritance.
4. To reside; dwell: lives on a farm.
5. To conduct one's life in a particular manner: lived frugally.
6. To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life: those who truly live.
7. To remain in human memory: an event that lives on in our minds.
8. To spend or pass (one's life).
9. To go through; experience: lived a nightmare.
10. To practice in one's life: live one's beliefs.
11. live down To overcome or reduce the shame of (a misdeed, for example) over a period of time.
12. live in To reside in the place where one is employed: household servants who live in.
13. live out To live outside one's place of domestic employment: household servants who live out.
14. live with To put up with; resign oneself to: disliked the situation but had to live with it.
15. live it up Slang To engage in festive pleasures or extravagances.
16. live up to To live or act in accordance with: lived up to their parents' ideals.
17. live up to To prove equal to: a new technology that did not live up to our expectations.
18. live up to To carry out; fulfill: lived up to her end of the bargain.
19. Having life; alive: live animals. See Synonyms at living.
20. Of, related to, or occurring during the life of one that is living: a live birth; the live weight of an animal before being slaughtered.
21. Of current interest or relevance: a live topic; still a live option.
22. Informal Full of life, excitement, or activity; lively: a live crowd at the parade; a live party.
23. Glowing; burning: live coals.
24. Not yet exploded but capable of being fired: live ammunition.
25. Electricity Carrying an electric current or energized with electricity: live cables lying dangerously on the ground.
26. Not mined or quarried; in the natural state: live ore.
27. Broadcast while actually being performed; not taped, filmed, or recorded: a live television program.
28. Involving performers or spectators who are physically present: live entertainment; a live audience.
29. Of, relating to, or containing living, often modified microorganisms: a live vaccine; live yogurt cultures.
30. Printing Not yet set into type: live copy.
31. Sports In play: a live ball.
32. At, during, or from the time of actual occurrence or performance: The landing on the moon was telecast live.