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How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: subsist, exist, survive
Within this category: breathe, freewheel, indwell
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: unrecorded
How to sign: showing characteristics of life; 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";
How to sign: continue to live; endure or last
"We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents";
Similiar / Same: survive, live on, last, endure, hold up, hold out, go
Within this category: live out, perennate, stand up
How to sign: charged or energized with electricity
"a hot wire"; "a live wire";
Similiar / Same: hot
