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to be or to make something messy with litter 1 ( 1 ) My desk was littered with papers.

lit .tie 1 Ф / litl/ adjective

not big

a little table

—SYNONYM small

(used about distance or time) short Do you mind waiting a little while ?

young

a little girl

my little (= younger ) brother

lit .tie 2© / litl/ pronoun, adjective

not much

I did very little today. We have very little money. a little

a small amount of something I have some ice cream. Would you like a little? I speak a little French. little by little

slowly

Little by little she started to feel better.

lit • tle3 / ' litl / adverb not much

I'm tired — I slept very little last night. a little

by a small amount; to a small degree This skirt is a little too short for me.

—SYNONYM a little bit

live 1® / liv/ verb (lives , liv ing , lived )

to have your home somewhere Where do you live?

He still lives with his parents.

to be or stay alive

You can't live without water. He lived to the age of 93.

to spend your life in a particular way They live a quiet life in the country. live on something

to eat something as your only food Cows live on grass.

to have enough money to buy what you need to live They live on $500 a week.

live up to something to be as good as you expected The restaurant didn't live up to our expectations.

live 2 / laiv / adjective

Pronunciation

When the word live is a verb, it sounds like give . When the word live is an adjective, it sounds like five .

not dead

Have you ever touched a real live snake?

If a radio or television program is live , you see or hear it at the same time as it happens

The game will be live on TV.

performed when people are watching, not recorded The club has live music every Saturday.

( physics ) with electricity passing through it Don't touch that wire — it's live!

live • ly / ' laivli / adjective ( live li er , live li . est )

full of life; always moving or doing things The children are very lively.

liv • er / ' 1гуэг / noun

( biology ) [ count ] the part inside your body that cleans the blood

—Look at the picture at body .

[ noncount ] the liver of an animal that you can cook and eat as food

lives plural of life

live • stock / laivstak / noun [ noncount ] animals that are kept on a farm, such as cows, pigs, sheep, etc.

liv • ing 1 / ' livig / adjective

alive; not dead

Some people say he is the greatest living writer.

liv • ing 2 / ' livig / noun

[ count , usually singular ] money to buy the things you need in life

How did he earn a living ?

[ noncount ] the way that you live

The cost of living has risen in recent years.

liv • ing room / ' livig rum / noun [ count ]

a room in a house where people sit together and watch television or talk, for example

liz .ard / 'brad /

noun [ count ]

a small animal that has four legs, a long tail, and rough skin

load 1Ф / loud / noun

[ count ] something that is carried The truck brought another load of wood.

loads [ plural ] ( informal )

a lot

We have loads of time.

load 2 ©/ loud / verb (loads, load ing, load ed )

to put things in or on something, for example a car or a ship

Two men loaded the furniture into the van. They're loading the plane now.

—ANTONYM unload

( computers ) to put a program into a computer Did you load the software correctly?