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English Dictionary: Living	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Living
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
living adj pertaining to living persons; "within living memory" true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother" (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him" 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" Synonym(s): surviving, living still in active use; "a living language" (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone"; n the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" Synonym(s): life, living people who are still living; "save your pity for the living" Antonym(s): dead 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" Synonym(s): animation, life, living, aliveness 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" Synonym(s): support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Live \Live\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Living}.] [OE. liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. leb[emac]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. 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. 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. O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions! --Ecclus. xli. 1. 3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside. Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. --Gen. xlvii. 28. 4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc. Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. --Shak. 5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness. What greater curse could envious fortune give Than just to die when I began to live? --Dryden. 6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain. 7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith. The just shall live by faith. --Gal. iii. ll. 8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils. Those who live by labor. --Sir W. Temple. 9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm. A strong mast that lived upon the sea. --Shak. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laving \Lav"ing\, a. [From {Live}, v. i.] 1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. 2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. [bd] Living hope. [b8] --Wyclif. 3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to {stagnant}. 4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. [bd]Living light.[b8] --Shak. 5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden. {Living force}. See {Vis viva}, under {Vis}. {Living gale} (Naut.), a heavy gale. {Living} {rock [or] stone}, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. [bd] I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock.[b8] --Moore. {The living}, those who are alive, or one who is alive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Living \Liv"ing\, n. 1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence. [bd]Health and living.[b8] --Shak. 2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living. [bd] A vicious living.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate. She can spin for her living. --Shak. He divided unto them his living. --Luke xv. 12. 4. Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably. There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases. --L' Estrange. 5. The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives. [Eng.] He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living --Macaulay. {Livng room}, the room most used by the family.