(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive. / Being in existence; actual. / Having active properties; being energized. / Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.

Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct. / Of making a performance or speech, in person.

(nautical, informal) Term of address.

Vigorously. / Vibrantly, vividly. / (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.

Full of life; energetic. / Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous. / (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living. / (archaic) Representing life; lifelike. / (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.

(idiomatic, transitive) To survive solely by consuming a certain thing. / (idiomatic, intransitive) To endure.

simple past tense and past participle of live

(in combination) Having a specified duration of life.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of live

plural of life