living
/lˈɪvɪŋ/
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Definitions
Adjective
pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
Adjective Satellite
true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
Adjective Satellite
(informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
Adjective Satellite
still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"
Adjective Satellite
still in active use; "a living language"
Adjective Satellite
(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";
Noun
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
Noun
people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
Noun
the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there''s life there''s hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"
Noun
the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"