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1. dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate -- (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").
2. live -- (lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war").
3. survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out -- (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").
4. exist, survive, live, subsist -- (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").
5. be, live -- (have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war").
6. know, experience, live -- (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").
7. live -- (pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live").

1. live (vs. recorded), unrecorded -- (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").
2. live (vs. dead) -- (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").
3. live(prenominal) -- (highly reverberant; "a live concert hall").
4. live -- (charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb").
5. bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy, whippy -- (rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf").
6. live -- (abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch").
7. live -- (in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread").
8. live -- (of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option").
9. hot, live -- (charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire").
10. live -- (having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous living painters"; "living tissue";).
11. alive(predicate), live(prenominal) -- (capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive").

1. live -- (not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live").

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