1. (

• populate ,
• dwell ,
• live ,
• inhabit

) be an inhabitant of or reside in; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" ;

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 and avoid dying; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" "One crash victim died, the other lived" ;

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 ,
• 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 ,

) 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. (

• alive ,
• live

) possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary" ;

4. (

• live

) highly reverberant; "a live concert hall" ;

5. (

• live

) charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb" ;

6. (

• bouncy ,
• live ,
• lively ,
• resilient ,
• springy

) elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" ;

7. (

• live

) abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch" ;

8. (

• live ,

) in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread" ;

9. (

• live

) of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option" ;

10. (

• hot ,
• live

) charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" ;

11. (

• alive ,
• live ,

) capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive" ;