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Liver

noun

1.

Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes.

2.

Liver of an animal used as meat.

3.

A person who has a special life style.

4.

Someone who lives in a place.

adjective

1.

Having a reddish-brown color. Synonym: liver-colored.

Live

adjective

1.

Actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing. Synonym: unrecorded. "Brought to you live from Lincoln Center" , "Live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience"

2.

Exerting force or containing energy. "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.

Possessing life. Synonym: alive. "The nerve is alive" , "Doctors are working hard to keep him alive" , "Burned alive" , "A live canary"

4.

Highly reverberant.

5.

Charged with an explosive. "A live bomb"

6.

Elastic; rebounds readily. Synonyms: bouncy, lively, resilient, springy. "A lively tennis ball" , "As resilient as seasoned hickory" , "Springy turf"

7.

Abounding with life and energy.

8.

In current use or ready for use.

9.

Of current relevance. "Still a live option"

10.

Charged or energized with electricity. Synonym: hot. "A live wire"

11.

Capable of erupting. Synonym: alive. "The volcano is very much alive"

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"Liver" Quotes from Famous Books

... a fancied resemblance to the surface of the lungs, was considered good for pulmonary complaints, and liverwort, having a leaf like the liver, cured liver diseases. Eye-bright was a famous application for eye diseases, because its flowers somewhat resemble the pupil of the eye; bugloss, resembling a snake's head, was valuable for snake bite; ...

— Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing • George Barton Cutten

... in which the secretions of the alimentary canal and of certain glands—as the liver, kidneys, or mammae are affected by strong emotions, is another excellent instance of the direct action of the sensorium on these organs, independently of the will or of any serviceable associated habit. There is the greatest difference in different persons in the parts which are thus affected, ...

— The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals • Charles Darwin

... novels and cigarettes; makes many good resolutions and then commits some folly as if in a dream; has spells of reviewing the past. When the doctor finds a serious lung trouble and commands iodine, cod-liver oil, hot milk, and flannel, she at first scorns death and refuses all, and is delighted at the terror of her friends, but gradually does all that is necessary; feels herself too precocious and doomed; ...

— Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene • G. Stanley Hall

... killed many of the beasts; but he was finally overpowered by their ever-increasing numbers, and fell. Where he sank the ground is hollow, and a number of little hills represent the wolves killed in the struggle. The horse's blood formed a red lake, his liver a mountain, his entrails a marsh, his bones hills, his hair rushes, his mane ...

— The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country • William Forsell Kirby

... implacably avenged with the most severe and never-ending penalties. Ixion is for ever fastened to his wheel; Sisyphus must to all eternity roll his stone without ever being able to reach the apex of his mountain; the vulture must perpetually prey on the liver of the unfortunate Prometheus: those who dare to think for themselves—those who have refused to listen to their enthusiastic guides—those who have not reverenced the oracles—those who have had the audacity to consult their reason—those who have boldly ventured to detect impostors—those who ...

— The System of Nature, Vol. 1 • Baron D'Holbach

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