support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day";
continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents";
live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years";
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds";
