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LIVE IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does live in mean? 

LIVE IN (verb)
  The verb LIVE IN has 1 sense:

1. live in the house where one worksplay

  Familiarity information: LIVE IN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIVE IN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Live in the house where one works

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

live in; sleep in

Context example:

our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her

Hypernyms (to "live in" is one way to...):

board (provide food and lodging (for))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Antonym:

live out (work in a house where one does not live)


 Context examples 


Had this lady who appeals to us for help gone to live in Winchester, I should never have had a fear for her.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now that I have him helpless, helpless he shall remain. From this day we live in the cabin. Wolf Larsen shall live in the steerage.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He does not live in the house, but in a three-roomed cottage at the other end of the garden.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The effectiveness of certain cancer therapies may depend on microbes that live in the intestine, according to a study in mice.

(Gut microbes may affect cancer treatment, NIH)

The human microbiome—the name given to the trillions of microorganisms that live in and on our bodies—consists of beneficial and harmful microbes that include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and others.

(Human Body Microbes Make Antibiotics, Study Finds, NCCAM)

I pity ye and the guv'nor for havin' to live in the house with a wild beast like that.'

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

For many who live in urban environments, light at night is more common and should be considered.

(Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women, National Institutes of Health)

Animals that live in social groups need to be able to recognize individuals from their own species.

(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)

The advance and retreat of the ice sheets also had a profound influence on the evolution and geographic distribution of many animals, including those that live in far northern regions.

("Out of Tibet" hypothesis: Cradle of evolution for cold-adapted mammals is in Tibet, NSF)

There were four of them in this country, and they ruled the people who live in the North and South and East and West.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)



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