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Liver
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- 1 Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray). not-comparable
"His friend Rothwell, who had the use of the best Laveracks for breeding purposes, wrote him that one of his puppies was liver and white."
- 2 comparative form of live: more live comparative, form-of
"Seeing things on a big screen somehow makes them seem liver."
- 3 From or pertaining to Liverpool. rare
"He was fat, he was round and his car was in the pound. But we loved Liver bloke Jan Molby all the same. Now he's decided to tell us all about his crazy old days as the Lardy Lord of the Liverpool midfield and you can get your hands on this very funny tale for free if you win this competition."
- 1 having a reddish-brown color wordnet
- 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 Someone who lives (usually in a specified way). uncommon
"Ephori of Sparta, hearing a dissolute liver propose a very beneficial advise unto the people, commaunded him to hold his peace, and desired an honest man to assume the invention of it unto himselfe and to propound it."
- 3 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 wordnet
- 4 This organ, as taken from animals used as food. countable, uncountable
"I'd like some goose liver pate."
- 5 Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).; Someone who is alive: one of the living. uncommon
"When as the wandring Scots and Picthts King Marius had subdude, He gave the Liuers dwellings."
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- 6 liver of an animal used as meat wordnet
- 7 A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver. countable, uncountable
- 8 Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).; Someone who lives in a particular place; an inhabitant, a dweller. uncommon
"They must instantly have been detected by the present Livers that were upon the place."
- 9 someone who lives in a place wordnet
- 10 Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"He gave his horse some liver of antimony."
- 11 a person who has a special life style wordnet
Etymology
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”), West Frisian lever (“liver”), Dutch lever (“liver”), German Leber (“liver”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish lever (“liver”) (the last three from Old Norse lifr (“liver”)). Related to live.
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”), West Frisian lever (“liver”), Dutch lever (“liver”), German Leber (“liver”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish lever (“liver”) (the last three from Old Norse lifr (“liver”)). Related to live.
From Middle English lyvere, livere, equivalent to live + -er.
From live (adjective) + -(e)r.
Back-formation from Liverpool, possibly influenced by liver bird.
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