Definition: living
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
living
adj 1: having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous
living painters"; "living tissue"; "living plants and
animals" [syn: live]
2: pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
3: true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
4: dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination: "living
quarters"; "tree-living animals"
5: (intensifier) "she is a living doll"; "scared the living
daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
6: 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]
7: still in active use; "a living language"
8: full of life and interest; "made history a living subject"
[syn: living]
9: (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place;
not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";
[syn: living]
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]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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[=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. 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.
Living \Liv"ing\, n.
1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life;
existence. ``Health and living.'' --Shak.
2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living;
earnest living. `` A vicious living.'' --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.
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. `` Living hope. '' --Wyclif. 3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant. 4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. ``Living light.'' --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. `` 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.
