live on
verb
1 live on
Continue to live and avoid dying.
synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, survive.
Roget 298:
eat,
feed,
fare,
devour,
swallow,
take;
gulp,
bolt,
snap;
fall to;
despatch,
dispatch;
discuss;
take down,
get down,
gulp down;
lay in,
tuck in [Slang];
lick,
pick,
peck;
gormandize
etc.
957;
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
etc.
(make merry)
840;
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 [Slang],
chugalug [Slang],
tipple
etc.
(be drunken)
959;
empty one's glass,
drain the cup;
toss off,
toss one's glass;
wash down,
crack a bottle,
wet one's whistle.
purvey
etc.
637.
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Dutch: handhaven, leven, overblijven, overleven, trotseren, voortbestaan, voortduren, voortleven
Moby thesaurus: 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 well ... show more.
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