adj. 25B6; adjective
live bait : LIVING, alive, having life, breathing, animate, sentient.
a live performance : IN THE FLESH, personal, in person, not recorded.
a live rail : ELECTRIFIED, charged, powered, active; informal hot.
live coals : (RED) HOT, glowing, aglow; burning, alight, flaming, aflame, blazing, ignited, on fire; poetic/literary afire.
a live grenade : UNEXPLODED, explosive, active; unstable, volatile.
live issue : TOPICAL, current, of current interest, controversial; burning, pressing, important.
dead, inanimate, recorded.
25A0; live wire (informal) ENERGETIC PERSON; informal fireball, human dynamo, powerhouse, life and soul of the party.