liver
part of speech
noun (a liver, livers; liver — uncountable as food)
meaning for a pupil
1) The liver is a large organ in your body, under your ribs on the right, that cleans the blood, stores energy and helps digest food. tree →
2) Liver is the liver of an animal eaten as food. tree →
3) A liver (rare) is a person who lives in a certain way: «a clean liver». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the sacrifice laws, the "lobe of the liver" is a special part of the animal burned on the altar as an offering to God. In the later books the liver is also an inner organ: an arrow can strike it, the king of Babylon looks at a liver to tell the future, and in Lamentations a poured-out liver is a sign of deep grief. Interpretation: Tradition counts this part, with the fat and kidneys, as God's portion, burned on the altar. Today the liver must be specially broiled to remove blood before it may be eaten. Looking into the liver is read as a heathen form of divination, which the Torah forbids. In the primary lessons: In science lessons about the human body, the liver is the largest organ inside the body; it removes harmful things from the blood, makes bile to help digest fat, and stores sugar for energy. In everyday life some people eat liver and onions or liver pâté. Phrases: «liver and onions», «liver disease», «chicken liver».
examples
- But the fat, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver of the sin-offering, he made smoke upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah LEV.9.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the fat of the ox, and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver. (Torah LEV.9.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take away by the kidneys. (Torah LEV.3.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Till an arrow strike through his liver; as a bird hasteneth to the snare — and knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life. (Writings PRO.7.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver. (Prophets EZK.21.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- Mine eyes do fail with tears, mine inwards burn, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the breach of the daughter of my people; because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the broad places of the city. (Writings LAM.2.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- The liver is under your right ribs. tree →
- Your liver cleans your blood. tree →
- The liver makes bile to help digest fat. tree →
- Grandpa likes liver and onions for dinner. tree →
- The liver is the biggest organ inside the body. tree →
- Too much alcohol can damage the liver. tree →
- We dissected a sheep's liver in science. tree →
- The liver stores energy from food. tree →
note
Countable for the organ (a liver); uncountable for the food (some liver). Pronounced LIV-er (like «live» in «I live here»). The skin, not the liver, is the largest organ overall; the liver is the largest inside the body.
In the corpora
- Too much paracetamol can seriously damage the liver, even if you feel fine at first.
- Cod-liver oil contains omega-3 fats and vitamins A and D, and was used in the past to prevent rickets.
- Too much vitamin A can be harmful, so cod-liver oil should not be doubled up with other vitamin A supplements.
- The liver makes bile, which helps to digest fat.
- Your liver and kidneys remove waste from your body every day; detox teas don't have good evidence behind them.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «liver» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.