0 past simple and past participle of live
3 to spend your life in a particular way:
After a while you get used to living alone.
When you retire, you want to live a comfortable life.
He simply wants to live (out) (= experience) the rest of his days in peace.
The TV's broken - we'll just have to live without (= not have) it for a while.
She certainly lived her life to the full (= was always doing something interesting).
figurative The US is living beyond its means (= spending more than it earns).
4 to stay alive, especially by getting enough money to pay for food, a place to stay, clothing, etc.:
5 (of things that are not alive) to exist or continue to exist:
6 to have an interesting life:
Mrs Jones is failing fast, and the doctor doesn't think she'll live much longer.
The study found that men who were married lived longer than those who were not.
Her joy at the birth of her son was tinged with sadness that her father had not lived to see him.
