жить — meaning in English

English meaning

• abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
• breathe verb To draw air into the lungs and expel it.
• dwell verb To live or reside in a place.
• inhabit verb To live in a place.
• live verb To be alive; to have life.
• living adj Alive, currently existing (as opposed to dead or extinct).
• reside verb To live somewhere on a permanent or long-term basis.
• wone noun A house, home, habitation, dwelling.

Senses

жить is used for these senses in English:

• abide (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]
• abide (transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th c.]
• abide (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.]
• breathe (intransitive, figurative) To live.
• dwell (intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.
• inhabit (transitive) To live or reside in.
• live (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
• live (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

abide — full definition

1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

breathe — full definition

1. verb To draw air into the lungs and expel it.
2. verb To pause briefly to rest or recover.
3. verb To say something very quietly, almost as a whisper.

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