liver
Definitions
- A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
- Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
- 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.
- Someone who is alive: one of the living.
- This organ, as taken from animals used as food
- A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
- Someone who lives in a particular place; an inhabitant, a dweller.
- A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver
- Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.
- Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color
- Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray)
Equivalents
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Afrikaanslewer
አማርኛጉበት
Българскичерен дроб
বাংলাযকৃৎ
Catalàfetge
Češtinajátra
Dansklever
Esperantohepato
Eestimaks
Euskaragibel
فارسیجگر
Vosa Vakavitiyate
Gaeilgeae
Galegofígado
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiake
עבריתכבד
Magyarmáj
Igboìmejū
Íslenskalifur
Italianofegato
ქართულიღვიძლი
Қазақ тілібауыр
ភាសាខ្មែរថ្លើម
ಕನ್ನಡಯಕೃತ್ತು
Кыргызчабоор
LëtzebuergeschLiewer
Lingálalibale
ລາວຕັບ
Lietuviųkepenys
Latviešuaknas
Malagasyaty
Te Reo Māoriate
മലയാളംകരൾ
Монголэлэг
मराठीयकृत
Maltifwied
မြန်မာအသည်း
नेपालीकलेजो
ଓଡ଼ିଆଯକୃତ
සිංහලඅක්මාව
Slovenčinapečeň
Slovenščinajetra
Soomaalibeer
Shqipmëlçi
Sesothosebete
Svenskalever
తెలుగుకాలేయం
Тоҷикӣҷигар
ไทยตับ
ትግርኛከብዲ
Türkmençebagyr
Tagalogatay
Setswanasebete
Türkçekaraciğer
Wolofres
isiXhosaisibindi
繁體中文肝
isiZuluisibindi
Examples
“Steve Jobs is a famous liver transplant recipient.”
“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.”
“"I should think⟳ you've rocked the boat enough already by refusing to eat⟳ liver."”
“He gave his horse some liver of antimony.”
“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.”
“a wicked liver may be reclaimed, and prove⟳ an honest man[…].”
“Try⟳ if life be worth the liver's care.”
“[…] a stately speech; / Such as grave Livers do in Scotland use⟳, / Religious men, who give⟳ to God and Man their dues.”
“A great lover of the faith, a great defender of the faith, a great lover of life, great liver of life, great defender of life. And yet he plotted and planned over fifty murders, and carried each of one them out—if only on paper, and if only for our pleasure.”
“When as the wandring Scots and Picthts King Marius had subdude, He gave the Liuers dwellings.”
“Thou king of heaven, which […] Dost see⟳ the secret of each livers heart.”
“They must instantly have⟳ been detected by the present⟳ Livers that were upon the place⟳.”
“One, John Powle, a Liver on Sasquehanna River.”
“There is no liver in the country so practical.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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