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Live
  1. capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"
  2. possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"
  3. 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"
  4. charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"
  5. of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"
  6. in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
  7. abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch"
  8. elastic; rebounds readily;
  9. 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"
  10. charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
  11. highly reverberant; "a live concert hall"
  12. not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"
  13. 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"
  14. have life, be alive;
  15. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"
  16. pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"
  17. 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"
  18. continue to live through hardship or adversity; "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?"
  19. inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "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"
Lacking
  1. inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
  2. nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"
  3. be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
Light-Fingered
  1. having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets; "a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault"- Harry Hansen; "the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"- Time
Left-Handed
  1. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
  2. ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment"
  3. rotating to the left
  4. (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
  5. (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
  6. using or intended for the left hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"
Lifelike
  1. free from artificiality; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction"
  2. evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"
Low-Pressure
  1. not forceful; "a low-pressure salesman"; "a low-pressure campaign"
Lidless
  1. always watchful; "to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson
  2. not having or covered with a lid or lids; "a lidless container"
  3. having no lid; "a lidless container"
Liveborn
  1. (of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn; "a liveborn baby"
Late
  1. having died recently; "her late husband"
  2. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"
  3. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child"
  4. of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages; "Late Greek"
  5. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"
  6. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal"
  7. after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments"
  8. later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"
  9. in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also"
  10. to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening"
  11. at an advanced age or stage; "she married late"; "undertook the project late in her career"
Lifeless
  1. deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body"
  2. not having the capacity to support life; "a lifeless planet"
  3. lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"
  4. destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings; "after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly"