liver
A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and…A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
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Том любить печінку?
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Leber, Lawra, Lewa
пе́ченьpéčenʹ, печёнкаpečónka
печі́нкаpečínka
(countable, uncountable)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.
Leber
пе́ченьpéčenʹ, печёнкаpečónka
печі́нкаpečínka
(countable, uncountable)A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
(uncommon)Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
(uncommon)Someone who is alive: one of the living.
(uncommon)Someone who lives in a particular place; an inhabitant, a dweller.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.
He gave his horse some liver of antimony.
Examples
93 sentencesDoes Tom like liver?
Том любить печінку?
Do you like liver?
Ти любиш печінку?
ruТы любишь печёнку?
Is eating liver bad for you?
deIst es schlecht für die Gesundheit, Leber zu essen?
Is eating liver good for you?
deIst das Essen von Leber gut für dich?
I have a history of liver trouble.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (“liver”), from Proto-West GermaFrom Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (“liver”), from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, smudge, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Líeuwer, Lieuwer (“liver”),German Leber (“liver”), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish, and West Frisian lever (“liver”), Faroese livur (“liver”), Icelandic lifur (“liver”). Related to live.
From Middle English lyvere, livere, equivalent to live + -er.
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Forms
plural: liversWord family
38 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable