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liver.

A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɪvə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlɪvɚ/General-American

  1. A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

    countable · uncountable
    Steve Jobs is a famous liver transplant recipient.

  2. This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

    countable · uncountable
    I'd like some goose liver pate.
    You could fry up some chicken livers for a tasty treat. — Nah, I don't like chicken liver.

  3. A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.

    countable · uncountable

  4. Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
    He gave his horse some liver of antimony.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (“liver”), from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, smudge, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Líeuwer, Lieuwer (“liver”),German Leber (“liver”), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish, and West Frisian lever (“liver”), Faroese livur (“liver”), Icelandic lifur (“liver”). Related to live.

adj/ˈlɪvə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlɪvɚ/General-American

  1. Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (“liver”), from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, smudge, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Líeuwer, Lieuwer (“liver”),German Leber (“liver”), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish, and West Frisian lever (“liver”), Faroese livur (“liver”), Icelandic lifur (“liver”). Related to live.

noun/ˈlɪvə(ɹ)/

  1. Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).

    uncommon

  2. Someone who lives (usually in a specified way). Someone who is alive: one of the living.

    uncommon

  3. Someone who lives (usually in a specified way). Someone who lives in a particular place; an inhabitant, a dweller.

    uncommon
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lyvere, livere, equivalent to live + -er.

adj/ˈlaɪvə(ɹ)/

  1. comparative form of live: more live

    comparative · form-of
    Seeing things on a big screen somehow makes them seem liver.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English live Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -(e)r English liver From live (adjective) + -(e)r.

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