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LIVEN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does liven mean?

• LIVEN (verb)
The verb LIVEN has 1 sense:

1. make lively

Familiarity information: LIVEN used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LIVEN (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make lively

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

liven; liven up; enliven; animate; invigorate

Context example:

let's liven up this room a bit

Hypernyms (to "liven" is one way to...):

arouse; brace; energise; energize; perk up; stimulate (cause to be alert and energetic)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "liven"):

ginger up; jazz up; juice up; pep up (make more interesting or lively)

inspirit; spirit; spirit up (infuse with spirit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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