Word Study
live on
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb live on has 1 sense
- live on(v = verb.stative) endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, survive - continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" Sample sentence:
The business is going to live on
THESAURUS
live on
abide, batten upon, bide, browse, carry on, continue, continue to be, continue to exist, crop, defeat time, defy time, dwell, endure, exist, extend, fatten on, fatten upon, feast on, feast upon, feed on, go on, graze, hold, hold on, hold out, keep, keep on, last, last long, last out, live, live through, maintain, pasture on, perdure, perennate, persist, prevail, prey on, remain, run, run on, stand, stay, stay on, subsist, survive, sustain, tarry, tide over, wear, wear wellROGET THESAURUS
live on
Food
VB eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take, gulp, bolt, snap, fall to, despatch, dispatch, discuss, take down, get down, gulp down, lay in, tuck in, lick, pick, peck, gormandize, bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble, live on, feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon, browse, graze, crop, regale, carouse, eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet, break bread, break one's fast, breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup, drink in, drink up, drink one's fill, quaff, sip, sup, suck, suck up, lap, swig, swill, chugalug, tipple, empty one's glass, drain the cup, toss off, toss one's glass, wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle, purvey.
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