living
adjective
- 1
(informal) absolute
she is a living doll
scared the living daylights out of them
- 2
(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
carved into the living stone
- 3
still in active use
a living language
- 4
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
- 5
true to life; lifelike
the living image of her mother
- 6
pertaining to living persons
within living memory
noun
- 1
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
- 2
people who are still living
save your pity for the living
- 3
the financial means whereby one lives
each child was expected to pay for their keep
he applied to the state for support
- 4
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
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