'Living' definitions:
Definition of 'living'
From: WordNet
adjective
Pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
adjective
True to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
adjective
(informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
adjective
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, living]
adjective
Still in active use; "a living language"
adjective
(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" [syn: life, living]
noun
People who are still living; "save your pity for the living" [ant: dead]
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" [syn: animation, life, living, aliveness]
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" [syn: support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance]
Definition of 'Living'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. "Living light." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. [1913 Webster]
- Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Living'
From: GCIDE
- Living \Liv"ing\, n.
- 1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence. "Health and living." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living. " A vicious living." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate; as, to make a comfortable living from writing. [1913 Webster]
- She can spin for her living. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He divided unto them his living. --Luke xv. 12. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably. [1913 Webster]
- There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases. --L' Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Living'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions! --Ecclus. xli. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside; as, to live in a cottage by the sea. [1913 Webster]
- Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. --Gen. xlvii. 28. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- What greater curse could envious fortune give Than just to die when I began to live? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith. [1913 Webster]
- The just shall live by faith. --Gal. iii. ll. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils. [1913 Webster]
- Those who live by labor. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm. [1913 Webster]
- A strong mast that lived upon the sea. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'living'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- ablaze,
- abode,
- aboveground,
- active,
- acute,
- advowson,
- afire,
- aflame,
- aflicker,
- aggressive,
- aglow,
- alight,
- alimony,
- alive,
- alive and kicking,
- among the living,
- animal spirits,
- animate,
- animate existence,
- animated,
- animation,
- ardent,
- around,
- being,
- being alive,
- benefice,
- biological,
- biotic,
- birth,
- blazing,
- bread,
- bread and butter,
- breathing,
- brisk,
- burning,
- candent,
- candescent,
- capable of life,
- care,
- care of souls,
- charge,
- cohabitation,
- comburent,
- commorancy,
- commorant,
- conflagrant,
- conscious,
- curacy,
- cure,
- current,
- daily bread,
- dwelling,
- dynamic,
- economic support,
- endowed with life,
- endowment,
- energetic,
- enlivened,
- enterprising,
- enthusiastic,
- existence,
- existent,
- existing,
- extant,
- faithful,
- flagrant,
- flaming,
- flaring,
- flickering,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- full of pep,
- fuming,
- glebe,
- glowing,
- go-go,
- guttering,
- habitancy,
- habitation,
- having life,
- hearty,
- ignescent,
- ignited,
- immortality,
- impetuous,
- in a blaze,
- in a glow,
- in being,
- in effect,
- in existence,
- in flames,
- in force,
- in residence,
- in the flesh,
- incandescent,
- incisive,
- incumbency,
- inflamed,
- inhabitancy,
- inhabitation,
- inhabiting,
- inspirited,
- instinct with life,
- intense,
- keen,
- keep,
- kindled,
- kinetic,
- life,
- lifelike,
- lifetime,
- live,
- livelihood,
- liveliness,
- lively,
- living in,
- lodging,
- long life,
- long-lived,
- longevity,
- lusty,
- maintenance,
- manna,
- meat,
- mettlesome,
- mothering,
- natural,
- nesting,
- nourishment,
- nurture,
- occupancy,
- occupation,
- on fire,
- on foot,
- operative,
- organic,
- organized,
- peppy,
- physiological,
- prelacy,
- present,
- prevalent,
- price support,
- provision,
- quick,
- realistic,
- rectory,
- reeking,
- remaining,
- residence,
- residency,
- resident,
- residentiary,
- residing,
- robust,
- salt,
- scintillant,
- scintillating,
- smacking,
- smoking,
- smoldering,
- snappy,
- sojourning,
- spanking,
- sparking,
- speaking,
- spirited,
- spriteliness,
- squatting,
- staying,
- staying over,
- stopping,
- strenuous,
- strong,
- subsidization,
- subsidy,
- subsistence,
- subsistent,
- subsisting,
- subvention,
- support,
- sustainment,
- sustenance,
- sustentation,
- take-charge,
- take-over,
- tenacious of life,
- tenancy,
- tender loving care,
- TLC,
- to the life,
- trenchant,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- under the sun,
- unextinguished,
- unquenched,
- upkeep,
- very much alive,
- viability,
- viable,
- vibrant,
- vicarage,
- vigorous,
- vital,
- vitality,
- vivacious,
- vivacity,
- vivid,
- vivified,
- zestful,
- zesty,
- zippy,
- zoetic
Words containing 'Living'
- Live,
- Lived,
- Lively,
- Lives,
- Livingly,
- On live,
- The living,
- To live down,
- To live out,
- To live with,
- live down,
- live in,
- live it up,
- live on,
- live out,
- live over,
- live through,
- live up to,
- live with,
- lived in,
- liveness,
- living being,
- living will,
- live and let live,
- Church living,
- High living,
- Live Oak,
- Live birth,
- Live box,
- Live feathers,
- Live gang,
- Live grass,
- Live load,
- Live matter,
- Live ring,
- Live spindle,
- Live steam,
- Live stock,
- Lively stones,
- Living force,
- Living gale,
- Living picture,
- Living pledge,
- Living rock,
- Living stone,
- Well to live,
- cost of living,
- free living,
- gracious living,
- live axle,
- live body,
- live center,
- live together,
- live wire,
- lived-in,
- living accommodations,
- living arrangement,
- living creatures,
- living dead,
- living death,
- living granite,
- living quarters,
- living room,
- living space,
- living substance,
- living thing,
- living trust,
- living wage,
- long lived,
- parallel lives,
- short lived,
- standard of living,
- step lively,
- Free-living,
- Ill-lived,
- Live Oak County,
- Live Oak, CA,
- Live Oak, FL,
- Live Oak, TX,
- Live-forever,
- Long-lived,
- Low-lived,
- Short-lived,
- To live at rack and manger,
- To live from hand to mouth,
- To live on one's capital,
- california live oak,
- canyon live oak,
- clean-living,
- coast live oak,
- interior live oak,
- live-and-die,
- live-bearer,
- live-bearing,
- living-room,
- non-living,
- southern live oak,
- tree-living,
- Live Oak County, TX,
- cost-of-living allowance,
- cost-of-living benefit,
- cost-of-living index,
- trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine