liver

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UK /ˈlɪvə/ US /ˈlɪvɚ/

noun 7adj 2

Collocations

(noun.) organ in the body

ADJ

enlarged, fatty

donor

My uncle received a donor liver after waiting on the transplant list for two years.

LIVER + NOUN

cancer, cirrhosis, damage, disease, dysfunction, failure, injury | cell, enzyme, tissue | function | biopsy, transplant, transplantation

PREP

in the ~

Doctors found a small tumor in the liver during her routine medical checkup last month.

of the ~

The doctor explained that the disease of the liver was causing him serious health problems.

to the ~

Blood flows back to the liver after passing through the digestive system.

(noun.) liver of an animal as food

VERB + LIVER

eat, have | chop | braise, cook, fry

LIVER + NOUN

pt, sausage

PHRASES

chicken/lamb's/pig's, etc. liver

Definitions

noun

A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

Steve Jobs is a famous liver transplant recipient.

This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

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.

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.

He gave his horse some liver of antimony.

adj

Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).

His friend Rothwell, who had the use of the best Laveracks for breeding purposes, wrote him that one of his puppies was liver and white.

noun

Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).

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[…].

Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).

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.

Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).

They must instantly have been detected by the present Livers that were upon the place.

One, John Powle, a Liver on Sasquehanna River.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — having a reddish-brown color

liver-colored

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

chopped liver

A Jewish pâté-like food, usually spread on bread, made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in schmaltz (“chicken fat”) together with hard-boiled eggs.

The French say they are chopped liver experts. But you will decide whether Mrs. Weinberg, her mother, her mother's mother and her mother's mother's mother knew the secret of real c

Example Bank

Steve Jobs is a famous liver transplant recipient.

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I'd like some goose liver pate.

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You could fry up some chicken livers for a tasty treat. — Nah, I don't like chicken liver.

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His friend Rothwell, who had the use of the best Laveracks for breeding purposes, wrote him that one of his puppies was liver and white.

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a wicked liver may be reclaimed, and prove an honest man[…].

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, liver is marked as obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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