liver

noun

(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

(countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.

Someone who is alive: one of the living.

Someone who lives in a particular place; an inhabitant, a dweller.

(uncommon) Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).

(obsolete chemistry) Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.

adjective

Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).

(rare) From or pertaining to Liverpool.

Synonyms for liver

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