How do you use the word "liver" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "liver": These pills act on the liver. I have a history of liver trouble.

Liver Meaning

/ˈlɪvə/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

nounThis organ, as taken from animals used as food.

Sentence Examples

These pills act on the liver.

I have a history of liver trouble.

The brain was not like the liver or the lungs.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

colorful

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The doctor said his ____ was damaged due to excessive alcohol consumption.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ is a vital organ in the human body that performs many functions, including detoxification tonight.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English lyvere, lyver, from Old English lifer (“liver”), from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, smudge, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Líeuwer, Lieuwer (“liver”),German Leber (“liver”), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish, and West Frisian lever (“liver”), Faroese livur (“liver”), Icelandic lifur (“liver”). Related to live.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

""I should think you've rocked the boat enough already by refusing to eat liver."" — 1993, Philippa Gregory, Fallen Skies, →ISBN, page 222:

"His friend Rothwell, who had the use of the best Laveracks for breeding purposes, wrote him that one of his puppies was liver and white." — 2006, Rawdon Briggs Lee, A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain & Ireland, →ISBN, page 298:

"Ephori of Sparta, hearing a dissolute liver propose a very beneficial advise unto the people, commaunded him to hold his peace, and desired an honest man to assume the invention of it unto himselfe and to propound it." — 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 31, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

"a wicked liver may be reclaimed, and prove an honest man[…]." — 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 7:

"Try if life be worth the liver's care." — 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):

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