LIVING
\lˈɪvɪŋ], \lˈɪvɪŋ], \l_ˈɪ_v_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of LIVING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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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have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"
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dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination; "living quarters"; "tree-living animals"
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people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
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still in active use; "a living language"
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true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
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(informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
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pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
By Princeton University
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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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dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination; "living quarters"; "tree-living animals"
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people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
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(intensifier) "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
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still in active use; "a living language"
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true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
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full of life and interest; "made history a living subject"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
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Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.
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Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.
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Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
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The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.
By Oddity Software
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The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
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Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.
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Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.
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Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
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The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.
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of Live
By Noah Webster.
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Having life; flowing, as a spring; vigorous; active; producing life, action, or strength.
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Livelihood; in England, a church appointment or office; mode of life.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Having life: active, lively: producing action or vigor: running or flowing.
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Means of subsistence: a property: the benefice of a clergyman. -THE LIVING, those alive.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Having life; active; lively issuing continually from the earth, as water; flowing;— producing action, animation, and vigour; quickening; life-giving.
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n. Means of subsistence; livelihood;— the benefice of a clergyman;— one who is alive, or those who are alive.
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