Living

a.	1.	Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead.
	2.	Active; lively; vigorous; - said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle.
	3.	Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; - opposed to stagnant.
	4.	Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
	5.	Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. Then on the living coals wine they pour. - Dryden. Living force See Vis viva, under Vis. Living gale (Naut.) a heavy gale. Living rock rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. The living those who are alive, or one who is alive. - Moore.
n.	1.	The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
	2.	Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.
	3.	Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate; as, to make a comfortable living from writing. She can spin for her living. - Shak. He divided unto them his living. - Luke xv. 12.
	4.	Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably. There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases. - L' Estrange.
	5.	The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives. He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living - Macaulay.

Noun	1.	living - the experience of living; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" Synonyms: life
	2.	living - people who are still living; "save your pity for the living" Antonyms: dead - people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"
	3.	living - 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" Synonyms: aliveness, animation, life
	4.	living - 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" Synonyms: bread and butter, keep, livelihood, sustenance, support
Adj.	1.	living - pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
	2.	living - true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
	3.	living - dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination; "living quarters"; "tree-living animals"
	4.	living - (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
	5.	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" Synonyms: surviving
	6.	living - still in active use; "a living language"
	7.	living - (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";

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