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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Translations
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By meaning 1
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Examples
93 sentencesDoes Tom like liver?
Том любить печінку? — deniko
Do you like liver?
Ти любиш печінку? — deniko
ruТы любишь печёнку? — Selena777
Is eating liver bad for you?
deIst es schlecht für die Gesundheit, Leber zu essen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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
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.
More meanings 4
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.
He gave his horse some liver of antimony.
(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.
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
37 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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