liv·ing /ˈlɪvɪŋ/
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"
synset: living
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"
synset: animation, life, living, 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"
synset: support, keep, livelihood, living, bread_and_butter, sustenance
1. pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
synset: living
2. true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
synset: living
3. (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
synset: living
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. still in active use; "a living language"
synset: living
6. (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone"
synset: living
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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