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[ adjective ] possessing life
Examples "the happiest person alive" "the nerve is alive" "doctors are working hard to keep him alive" "burned alive" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)Every community , if it is alive has a spirit , and that spirit is the center of its unity and identity . It is they , of_course , who keep it alive and preserve it so the same spirit will continue to be present in the Corps for future recruits to find as they come into it . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Yes , Tom caught it in_time to stay alive . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Oversized monsters are never brought home either alive or preserved , and field measurements are obviously open_to doubt because of the universal tendency to exaggerate dimensions . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)The posse then asked that he send_out the women and children as the building would be fired or torn_down over his head if necessary to take him dead or alive . |
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[ adjective ] (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit
Examples "she was wonderfully alive for her age" "a face alive with mischief" Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)Now she was intensely alive , anguished ; her son was dead . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)The giant electric signs and marquees were lit_up for_the_first_time since blackout regulations had been instituted , and the atmosphere was alive with the feeling that victory was just around_the_corner . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having life or vigor or spirit
Synonyms Examples "an animated and expressive face" "animated conversation" "became very animated when he heard the good news" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (followed by `to' or `of') aware of
Examples "is alive to the moods of others" Related terms |
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