1. (noun) life, living
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
"he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
2. (noun) living
people who are still living
"save your pity for the living"
3. (noun) animation, life, living, aliveness
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"
4. (adj) support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
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"
5. (adj) living
pertaining to living persons
"within living memory"
6. (adj) living
true to life; lifelike
"the living image of her mother"
7. (adj) living
(informal) absolute
"she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
8. (adj) surviving, living
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"
9. (adj) living
still in active use
"a living language"
10. (adj) living(a)
(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
"carved into the living stone";
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Definition of 'living' 
