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Definitions for Living

[1] having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
[2] in actual existence or use; extant: living languages.
[3] active or thriving; vigorous; strong: a living faith.
[4] burning or glowing, as a coal.
[5] flowing freely, as water.
[6] pertaining to, suitable for, or sufficient for existence or subsistence: living conditions; a living wage.
[7] of or relating to living persons: within living memory.
[8] lifelike; true to life, as a picture or narrative.
[9] in its natural state and place; not uprooted, changed, etc.: living rock.
[10] Informal . very; absolute (used as an intensifier): You scared the living daylights out of me! He's making her life a living hell.
[11] the act or condition of a person or thing that lives: Living is very expensive these days.
[12] the means of maintaining life; livelihood: to earn one's living.
[13] a particular manner, state, or status of life: luxurious living.
[14] (used with a plural verb ) living persons collectively (usually preceded by the ): glad to be among the living.
[15] British . the benefice of a clergyman.
[16] to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
[17] to continue to have life; remain alive: to live to a ripe old age.
[18] to continue in existence, operation, memory, etc.; last: a book that lives in my memory.
[19] to maintain or support one's existence; provide for oneself: to live on one's income.
[20] to feed or subsist (usually followed by on or upon ): to live on rice and bananas.
[21] to dwell or reside (usually followed by in, at, etc.): to live in a cottage.
[22] to pass life in a specified manner: They lived happily ever after.
[23] to direct or regulate one's life: to live by the golden rule.
[24] to experience or enjoy to the full: At 40 she was just beginning to live.
[25] to cohabit (usually followed by with ).
[26] to escape destruction or remain afloat, as a ship or aircraft.
[27] to pass (life): to live a life of ease.
[28] to practice, represent, or exhibit in one's life: to live one's philosophy.
[29] live down , to live so as to allow (a mistake, disgrace, etc.) to be forgotten or forgiven: She'll never live that crucial moment of failure down.
[30] live in /out , to reside at or away from the place of one's employment, especially as a domestic servant: Their butler lives in, but the maids live out.
[31] live up to , to live in accordance with (expectations or an ideal or standard); measure up to: He never lived up to his father's vision of him.
[32] possessing life; not dead (as collective noun preceded by the ) the living
[33] having the characteristics of life (used esp to distinguish organisms from nonliving matter)
[34] currently in use or valid living language
[35] seeming to be real a living image
[36] (of animals or plants) existing in the present age; extant Compare extinct (def. 1)
[37] geology another word for live 2 (def. 15)
[38] presented by actors before a live audience living theatre
[39] (prenominal) (intensifier) the living daylights
[40] the condition of being alive
[41] the manner in which one conducts one's life fast living
[42] the means, esp the financial means, whereby one lives
[43] Church of England another term for benefice
[44] (modifier) of, involving, or characteristic of everyday life living area
[45] (modifier) of or involving those now alive (esp in the phrase living memory )
[46] to show the characteristics of life; be alive
[47] to remain alive or in existence
[48] to exist in a specified way to live poorly
[49] (usually foll by in or at ) to reside or dwell to live in London
[50] (often foll by on) to continue or last the pain still lives in her memory
[51] (usually foll by by) to order one's life (according to a certain philosophy, religion, etc)
[52] (foll by on, upon, or by ) to support one's style of life; subsist to live by writing
[53] (foll by with) to endure the effects (of a crime, mistake, etc)
[54] (foll by through) to experience and survive he lived through the war
[55] (tr) to pass or spend (one's life, etc)
[56] to enjoy life to the full he knows how to live
[57] (tr) to put into practice in one's daily life; express he lives religion every day
[58] live and let live to refrain from interfering in others' lives; to be tolerant
[59] where one lives US informal in one's sensitive or defenceless position
[60] (prenominal) showing the characteristics of life
[61] (usually prenominal) of, relating to, or abounding in life the live weight of an animal
[62] (usually prenominal) of current interest; controversial a live issue
[63] actual a real live cowboy
[64] informal full of life and energy
[65] (of a coal, ember, etc) glowing or burning
[66] (esp of a volcano) not extinct
[67] loaded or capable of exploding a live bomb
[68] radio television transmitted or present at the time of performance, rather than being a recording a live show
[69] (of a record) recorded in concert recorded in one studio take, without overdubs or splicing
[70] connected to a source of electric power a live circuit
[71] (esp of a colour or tone) brilliant or splendid
[72] acoustically reverberant a live studio
[73] sport (of a ball) in play
[74] (of rocks, ores, etc) not quarried or mined; native
[75] being in a state of motion or transmitting power; positively connected to a driving member
[76] printing (of copy) not yet having been set into type (of type that has been set) still in use
[77] during, at, or in the form of a live performance the show went out live

Words related to Living

breathing, contemporary, existence, job, income, livelihood, dynamic, brisk, continuing, alert, current, live, warm, awake, animated, operative, persisting, developing, ticking, subsisting

Words nearby Living

livetrap, liveware, liveyer, livia drusilla, livid, living, living bandage, living bank, living daylights, living death, living end, the

Origin of Living

e1before 900; Middle English liven, Old English lifian, libban; cognate with Dutch leven, German leben, Old Norse lifa, Gothic liban

Other words from Living

liv·ing·ly , adverb
liv·ing·ness , noun
non·liv·ing , adjective, noun
qua·si-liv·ing , adjective
un·liv·ing , adjective

Word origin for Living

eC16: from on live alive

Synonyms for Living

breathing, contemporary, alert, animated, awake, brisk, continuing, current, developing, dynamic, live, operative, persisting, subsisting, ticking, warm, alive, around, existent, extant, in use, lively, ongoing, strong, vigorous, vital