living
nouns
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
"he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
is derived from
people who are still living
"save your pity for the living"
antonym
is a type of (narrower)
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
"old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
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"
is derived from
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"
adjectives
true to life; lifelike
"the living image of her mother"
is similar to
aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are
"a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans"
(informal) absolute
"she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
is similar to
perfect or complete or pure
"absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"
domain usage
a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
"`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"
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"
still in active use
"a living language"
is similar to
still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
"extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd
(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
"carved into the living stone";
is similar to
exerting force or containing energy
"live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play"
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