how to pronounce liver

/ˈlɪvɚ/

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liver is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of liver in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… intestine and also the liver and the …”

meanings of liver

noun:

A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.

adjective:

From or pertaining to Liverpool.
Comparative form of live: more live.
Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).

liver frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word liver occurs in english on average 8.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics liver can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that liver can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;