Reverse Dictionary: LIVE

NOUNS – PERSON
► BATCHER one who lives alone → 1882 sl.

PHRASES
► I LIVE AT THE SIGN OF THE COCK’S TOOTH AND HEAD-ACHE an answer to in impertinent enquiry where one lives → L18

VERBS
► BACH ► BACH IT to live by oneself → L19 sl., orig. US
► DA to live, to experience → 1866 Sc.
► EAT AT THE SAME TABLE to get along; to have a genial relationship; to live peaceably with someone → 1968 Amer. dial.
► EAT IN THE SAME PLATE to get along; to have a genial relationship; to live peaceably with someone → 1968 Amer. dial.
► EAT OUT OF THE SAME DISH to get along; to have a genial relationship; to live peaceably with someone → 1954 Amer. dial.
► EAT PORRIDGE to live, to dwell, to reside → 1867 Eng. dial.
► GRAZE BEYOND ONE’S TETHER to live beyond one’s means → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEAF to lodge, to reside, to live → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KEEP OLD MAID’S HALL to live or keep house without the presence of a man → 1858 US sl.
► LIVE AT A LOW SAIL to live humbly → 1602
► LIVE AT HACK AND MANGER to live in plenty → 1818
► LIVE LIKE A PIG IN CLOVER to live the high life, to indulge oneself; to live extremely contentedly → 1795
► LIVE LIKE A PLOVER to live on nothing, to live on air → 1880
► LIVE SHORT to live in poor circumstances, to live in an undesirable place → 1993 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PACE to live a fast, exciting and varied life → 1970s African-American sl.
► PAD to live somewhere; to spend the night somewhere → 1950s African-American sl.
► PAD DOWN to live somewhere; to accompany someone → 1961 African-American sl.
► PAD OUT to live somewhere; to spend the night somewhere → 1950s African-American sl.
► PIG ALONG to live in a simple, unsophisticated, or slovenly fashion → 1896
► PIG TOGETHER to huddle, live, or sleep together, esp. in a crowded or disorderly way or in dirty conditions → 1637 colloq.
► PLAY A LONE HAND to do or live alone → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POD-AUGER to live along aimlessly without working very hard at anything → 1912 Amer. dial.
► RAFF to live filthily → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RAFFLE to live filthily → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► RANT to frolic, to romp; to sing or talk loudly; to live in a fast manner → 1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCUFFLE to live by one’s wits, without a steady job → 1950s Amer. sl.
► SUBSIST to support life, to keep alive, to live → 1727 obs.
► SUPERVIVE to live beyond or after another person, an event, etc.; to survive; to outlive → a1552 obs.
► SWING A WIDE LOOP to live a free life → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TAKE AND GIVE to live, esp. as man and wife → L19 rhyming sl.
► UNDERLIVE to live in a manner unworthy of oneself → 1655 obs.
► USE to frequent, to haunt; to live at; to make one’s home → 1883 Eng. dial.