frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

A little red-faced man suddenly appeared. They sat drinking
coffee out of little white cups. 2 young, small, youthful: You
are asking a lot from a little boy. 3 small, sparse, skimpy,
meagre, scant, insufficient, inadequate, not enough, scanty,
barely or hardly any: A little crowd gathered round us. You
will get little help from her. There's too little milk for us to
make custard. 4 short, brief: We had only a little time
together before he was sent overseas. 5 trifling, trivial,
small, minor, petty, paltry, insignificant, inconsiderable,
unimportant, inconsequential, negligible: He seemed to consider
my safety of little importance. He does a little business on the
side. You are too concerned about little things. 6
small(-minded), petty, picayune, mean, ungenerous, illiberal,
cheap, narrow(-minded), unimaginative, shallow: What is going
on in his cunning little brain?
--adv. 7 seldom, rarely, hardly ever, scarcely: I travel very
little these days. 8 (but or only) slightly, barely, hardly,
scarcely, no, not any, not much: She arrived with little more
than what she was wearing. 9 scarcely, hardly: Little does he
care whether he wins his wager.
--pron. 10 bit, dab, dollop, particle, spoonful, taste,
thimbleful, speck, spot, scrap, crumb, particle, Colloq smidgen
or smidgin: If you could spare me a little of your time, I'd be
grateful.
live adj. 1 living, breathing, animate, viable, existent; material,
physical, tangible, real, actual, palpable: She said she'd
rather be a live beggar than a dead countess. My cat brought me
a live mouse into the house the other day. 2 energetic, lively,
spirited, vigorous, active, dynamic, busy; current,
contemporary: Our new advertising agency seems to have some
live ideas. The other party made nuclear disarmament a live
issue in the election. 3 burning, glowing, flaming, alight,
red-hot, white-hot: A live coal popped out of the grate onto
the carpet. 4 loaded, explosive, unexploded, combustible:
Builders have dug up a live bomb in London. 5 charged,
electrified: Don't touch a live wire or you'll get a shock.
--v. 6 breathe, exist; function: There has never lived a more
gifted scholar. She lives as a recluse. 7 survive, persist,
last, persevere, endure; spend, continue, live out, complete,