Dictionary definition · living
noun
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities"he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
- people who are still living"save your pity for the living"
- the condition of living or the state of being alive"while there's life there's hope"
- the financial means whereby one lives"each child was expected to pay for their keep"
adjective
- pertaining to living persons"within living memory"
- true to life; lifelike"the living image of her mother"
- (informal) absolute"she is a living doll"
- 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"
- still in active use"a living language"
- (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried"carved into the living stone"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).