Liver
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɪvə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Liver is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
Meaning
(countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
More Meanings
- A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
- Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).
- (uncommon) Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
- comparative form of live: more live
- (anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
- (obsolete chemistry) Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.
Example Sentences
I'd like some goose liver pate.
He gave his horse some liver of antimony.
Steve Jobs is a famous liver transplant recipient.
a wicked liver may be reclaimed, and prove an honest man[…].
Word Forms
- livers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spleen, hepatic, kidney, hepatitis, lung, tail.
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