Read the dictionary definition of live. All definitions for this word.
1. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
1. I know the feeling!
2. have you ever known hunger?
3. I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict
4. The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare
5. I lived through two divorces
2. have life, be alive
1. Our great leader is no more
2. My grandfather lived until the end of war
3. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
1. we had to live frugally after the war
4. pursue a positive and satisfying existence
1. You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live
5. support oneself
1. he could barely exist on such a low wage
2. Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?
3. Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
6. continue to live and avoid dying
1. We went without water and food for 3 days
2. These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
3. The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents
4. how long can a person last without food and water?
5. One crash victim died, the other lived
7. be an inhabitant of or reside in
1. People lived in Africa millions of years ago
2. The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
3. this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
4. deer are populating the woods
8. capable of erupting
1. a live volcano
2. the volcano is very much alive
9. possessing life
1. the happiest person alive
2. the nerve is alive
3. doctors are working hard to keep him alive
4. burned alive
5. a live canary
10. exerting force or containing energy
1. live coals
2. tossed a live cigarette out the window
3. got a shock from a live wire
4. live ore is unmined ore
5. a live bomb
6. a live ball is one in play
11. charged or energized with electricity
1. a hot wire
2. a live wire
12. of current relevance
1. a live issue
2. still a live option
13. in current use or ready for use
1. live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
14. abounding with life and energy
1. the club members are a really live bunch
15. elastic; rebounds readily
1. clean bouncy hair
2. a lively tennis ball
3. as resilient as seasoned hickory
4. springy turf
16. actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
1. a live television program
2. brought to you live from Lincoln Center
3. live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience
17. charged with an explosive
1. live ammunition
2. a live bomb
18. highly reverberant
1. a live concert hall
19. not recorded
1. the opera was broadcast live
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Merriam-Webster definition of live