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  • 31kicking — 1. adjective a) (often kickin) Terrific, great (of clothes) smart, fashionable. A kicking pair of jeans. b) Alive, active (especially in the phrase alive and kicking) still kicking at 89 2. noun …

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  • 32alive — a|live W3S2 [əˈlaıv] adj [not before noun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not dead)¦ 2¦(still existing)¦ 3¦(cheerful)¦ 4 come alive 5 be alive to a fact/possibility/danger etc 6 be alive with something 7 bring something alive ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: on life …

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  • 33alive — adjective 1) he was last seen alive on Labor Day when mastodons were alive Syn: living, live; breathing, vital, functioning; animate, sentient; existing; informal alive and kicking, in the land of the living, among the living; archaic quick Ant …

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  • 34alive — /əˈlaɪv / (say uh luyv) adjective (rarely used attributively) 1. in life or existence; living. 2. (by way of emphasis) of all living: the proudest person alive. 3. in a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished: keep a memory alive.… …

  • 35alive — adjective 1》 living, not dead.     ↘continuing in existence or use. 2》 alert and active.     ↘having interest and meaning.     ↘(alive to) aware of and interested in. 3》 (alive with) swarming or teeming with. Phrases alive and kicking informal… …

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  • 36alive — adj. (usu. predic.) 1 (of a person, animal, plant, etc.) living, not dead. 2 a (of a thing) existing; continuing; in operation or action (kept his interest alive). b under discussion; provoking interest (the topic is still very much alive today) …

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  • 37kicking — /ˈkɪkɪŋ/ (say kiking) verb 1. present participle of kick. –phrase Colloquial 2. alive and kicking, in good health and active. {Phrase Origin: ? from a fishmonger s call advertising the freshness of the goods} 3. be kicking along, to be coping… …

  • 38alive — Synonyms and related words: abounding, aboveground, active, activist, activistic, agile, alert, alive and kicking, alive to, alive with, among the living, animate, animated, apprehensive, around, astir, attentive, au courant, awake, aware of,… …

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  • 39alive — adj 1. living, live, animate, breathing, respiring, undeceased, unexpired, unextinguished, alive and kicking, this side of the grave, above ground, with us, here, Archaic. quick; under the sun, on the face of the earth, in the world; corporeal,… …

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  • 40alive*/*/*/ — [əˈlaɪv] adj 1) living and not dead My father died last year but my mother is still alive.[/ex] He is lucky to be alive after his fall.[/ex] The family was stealing food just to stay alive.[/ex] 2) still existing and not gone or forgotten… …

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