Living
['lɪvɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) people who are still living; 'save your pity for the living'.
(adj.) (informal) absolute; 'she is a living doll'; 'scared the living daylights out of them'; 'beat the living hell out of him' .
(adj.) still in active use; 'a living language' .
(adj.) true to life; lifelike; 'the living image of her mother' .
(adj.) pertaining to living persons; 'within living memory' .
(adj.) (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; 'carved into the living stone'; .
Edited by Julius--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Live
(n.) The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
(n.) Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.
(n.) Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.
(n.) Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
(n.) The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Existing, breathing, live, not dead.[2]. Active, vigorous, lively.
n. [1]. Livelihood, maintenance, support, subsistence, keeping, FEED.[2]. Benefice, ecclesiastical living.[3]. Mode of life, course of life.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See LIVE]
[See LIVELIHOOD]
Editor: Zeke
Definition
adj. having life: active lively: producing action or vigour: running or flowing as opposed to stagnant.—n. means of subsistence: manner of life: a property: the benefice of a clergyman.—Living rock rock in its native state or location; Living room a sitting-room for general family use; Living wage a wage on which it is possible for a workman and his family to live fairly.—The living those alive.
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Examples
- By all which acquirements, I should be a living treasure of knowledge and wisdom, and certainly become the oracle of the nation. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Heaven was cloudless, and grand with the quiver of its living fires. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This growth and dying and reproduction of living things leads to some very wonderful consequences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the way of getting credit, and living well,' said Mr Lammle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There seems to be a _limit of growth_ for every kind of living thing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Says Compeyson: 'Why, you fool, don't you know she's got a living body? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- How a living animal obtains its quantity of this fluid, called fire, is a curious question. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This latter task was becoming more and more difficult, for the blacks had taken to hiding their supply away at night in granaries and living huts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-1792 All the great English inventors have sprung from families of small means, and have had to work for their living. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Baldwin, a construction engineer, living in the United States, began to work on calculating machines in 1870. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then I don't understand,' pursues the Father, 'how even their living beyond their means could bring them to what has been termed a total smash. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- By the living Lord it flashed upon me, as I sat opposite to her at the table and saw her with a knife in her hand, that she had done it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They belong to the living, I suppose; if not, you must purchase them. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I still have enjoyment in the company of my friends; and, being easy in my circumstances, have many reasons to like living. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- His grandson, Samuel Franklin, is still living in Boston. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- What thinkst thou of gaining fair lands and livings, by wedding a Saxon, after the fashion of the followers of the Conqueror? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He was a learned doctor at Oxford; for a time he was Master of Balliol; and he held various livings in the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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