plural of live oak

A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. / A city in Sutter County, California, United States. / A city, the county seat of Suwannee County, Florida, United States.

(obsolete, UK, dialect) To cohabit without marriage.

(roofing) Temporary load that the roof structure must be designed to support, as required by governing building codes. Live loads are generally moving and/or dynamic or environmental (e.g. people, installation equipment, snow, ice or rain).

(informal, idiomatic) Someone who is easily fooled, victimized, or ridiculed. / (informal, idiomatic) Someone who is eccentric, nonconformist, or otherwise peculiar.

A box or pen suspended in water to keep aquatic animals alive.

(engineering) Steam under pressure from a boiler.

ammunition that is authentic and effective, in contrast to blank cartridges and other non-dangerous ammunition (compare a live cable).

plural of live wire

An exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences. Commonly used after a misfortune to indicate a moral lesson.