From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
living
adj 1: pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
2: true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
3: dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination; "living
quarters"; "tree-living animals"
4: (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the
living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out
of him"
5: 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" [syn:
surviving]
6: still in active use; "a living language"
7: (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place;
not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";
[syn: {living(a)}]
n 1: the experience of living; the course of human events and
activities; "he could no longer cope with the
complexities of life" [syn: life]
2: people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
[ant: dead]
3: 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" [syn: animation, life,
aliveness]
4: 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"
[syn: support, keep, livelihood, {bread and
butter}, sustenance]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Live \Live\ (l[i^]v), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lived (l[i^]vd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Living.] [OE. liven, livien, AS. libban,
lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG.
leb[=e]n, Dan. leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be
left, to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to
forsake, and life, Gr. liparei^n to persist, liparo`s oily,
shining, sleek, li`pos fat, lard, Skr. lip to anoint, smear;
-- the first sense prob. was, to cleave to, stick to; hence,
to remain, stay; and hence, to live.]
1. To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a
plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to
be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of
existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age
are long in reaching maturity.
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Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I
will . . . lay sinews upon you, and will bring up
flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put
breath in you, and ye shall live. --Ezek.
xxxvii. 5, 6.
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2. To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain
manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to
live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.
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O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a
man that liveth at rest in his possessions!
--Ecclus. xli.
1.
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3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell;
to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea.
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Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years.
--Gen. xlvii.
28.
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4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be
permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas,
etc.
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Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water. --Shak.
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5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of
happiness; as, people want not just to exist, but to live.
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What greater curse could envious fortune give
Than just to die when I began to live? --Dryden.
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6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with
on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
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7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished,
and actuated by divine influence or faith.
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The just shall live by faith. --Gal. iii.
ll.
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8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to
subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
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Those who live by labor. --Sir W.
Temple.
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9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat,
etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
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A strong mast that lived upon the sea. --Shak.
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To live out, to be at service; to live away from home as a
servant. [U. S.]
To live with.
(a) To dwell or to be a lodger with.
(b) To cohabit with; to have intercourse with, as male
with female.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Living \Liv"ing\, n.
1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life;
existence. "Health and living." --Shak.
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2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living;
earnest living. " A vicious living." --Chaucer.
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3. Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate; as, to make a
comfortable living from writing.
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She can spin for her living. --Shak.
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He divided unto them his living. --Luke xv. 12.
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4. Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living
comfortably.
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There is no living without trusting somebody or
other in some cases. --L' Estrange.
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5. The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge
which a minister receives. [Eng.]
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He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a
living --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Living \Liv"ing\ (l[i^]v"[i^]ng), a. [From Live, v. i.]
1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed
to dead.
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2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the
mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living
faith; a living principle. " Living hope. " --Wyclif.
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3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as,
a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
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4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
"Living light." --Shak.
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5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
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Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden.
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Living force. See Vis viva, under Vis.
Living gale (Naut.), a heavy gale.
Living rock or Living stone, rock in its native or
original state or location; rock not quarried. " I now
found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of
which were cut out of the living rock." --Moore.
The living, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
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