Phrase Hound found 99 phrases and 29 compound words that contain lives. The most common are listed below. Open lives in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 99
- still livesplural of still life: A work of art depicting an arrangement of inanimate objects.
- everyday livesplural of everyday life
- personal livesplural of personal life: The part of an individual's life regarded as private and separate from his or her persona
- daily livesplural of daily life: The activities that make up a person's normal life, as contrasted with unusual or once-in-a-lifetime events.
- private livesplural of private life: The aspects of one's life that are personal, such as family, friends and other personal relationships, as opposed to the elements that make up one's public or professional life.
- past livesplural of past life: A previously lived life in a different body, according to theories of reincarnation.
- nine livesDurability; near immunity to damage; remarkable ability to survive.
- lives upthird-person singular simple present indicative of live up: To fulfil the expectations placed upon one.
- lives in the momentthird-person singular simple present indicative of live in the moment
- lives in the pastthird-person singular simple present indicative of live in the past: To dwell on and ruminate about past events.
- lives of their ownplural of a life of its own
- times of their livesplural of time of one's life: A period of enjoying oneself immensely, or more than ever before.
- half-livesplural of half-life: The time required for half the nuclei in a sample of an isotope to undergo radioactive decay.
- love livesplural of love life: An individual's amorous or sexual relationships.
- low-livesplural of low-life: Lacking morality.
- real livesplural of real life: Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.
- sex livesplural of sex life: That part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity.
- lives throughthird-person singular simple present indicative of live through: To survive a difficult period or event
- useful livesplural of useful life: The time during which something is productive.
- black lives matterA rallying call and statement of protest, concerning police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people.
- working livesplural of working life: Of a person, the period of their life spent in employment, between leaving school and retirement.
- shelf livesplural of shelf life: The length of time a product (especially food and drugs) will last without deteriorating or without being sold.
- lives in hopethird-person singular simple present indicative of live in hope: To continually be optimistic.
- lives on the edgethird-person singular simple present indicative of live on the edge: To have an adventurous or perilous lifestyle; to behave in a manner which creates risks for oneself.
- lives a liethird-person singular simple present indicative of live a lie: To conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know one's true character or perspective.
Compound words 29
- livestockFarm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.
- outlivesthird-person singular simple present indicative of outlive: To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
- afterlivesplural of afterlife: A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.
- beforelivesplural of beforelife: An existence before the beginning of life.
- counterlivesplural of counterlife: A counterfactual life; a life other than the one actually lived.
- crosslivesthird-person singular simple present indicative of crosslive: To live full-time in a gender role different from that associated with the sex one was assigned at birth.
- cyberlivesplural of cyberlife: Life in cyberspace or on the Internet, as opposed to real life, often lived through a separate cyberidentity.
- dreamlivesplural of dreamlife: The total experience of dreams and fantasies.
- folklivesplural of folklife: Folklore; those cultural traditions passed down orally or informally.
- forelivesplural of forelife: A former or previous life