liver
Significado (Inglês)
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- A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
- This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
- A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
- (obsolete) Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.
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Hifenizado como
liv‧er
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈlɪvə/
Etimologia (Inglês)
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.
Novo
live
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- To be alive; to have life.
- To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- (informal) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- To survive; to persevere; to continue.
- To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
- To cope.
- To pass life in a specified manner.
- To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
- To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
- (obsolete) To live as; to live being.
- To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
- To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
- (informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
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