Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
continue to live through hardship or adversity;
- Example: "We went without water and food for 3 days"- Example: "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"- Example: "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"- Example: "how long can a person last without food and water?"[syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
live on
v 1: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went
without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions
survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver
lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long
can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive,
last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold
out]