Living (Judy Collins album)
WordNet
adjective
(1) (informal) absolute
"She is a living doll"
"Scared the living daylights out of them"
"Beat the living hell out of him"
(2) Still in active use
"A living language"
(3) 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"
(4) True to life; lifelike
"The living image of her mother"
(5) Pertaining to living persons
"Within living memory"
(6) Dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination
"Living quarters"
"Tree-living animals"
noun
(7) The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
"He could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
(8) People who are still living
"Save your pity for the living"
(9) 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"
(10) 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"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- A state of having life.
- In use or existing.
- A living language.
- Of everyday life
- living conditions
- True to life.
- The living image.
- Used as an intensifier.
- ...beat the living daylights out of him...
Noun
- The state of being alive.
- Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
- What do you do for a living?
- A style of life.
- plain living
- In canon law, a position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income. The holder of the position receives its revenue for the performance of stipulated duties.