living (
http://definr.com/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(a)]
9: (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place;
not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";
[syn:
living(a)]
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]