living
1. liv.ing \'liv-in\ aj 1a: having life 1b: ACTIVE, FUNCTIONING 2a:
exhibiting the life or motion of nature : NATURAL 2b: LIVE 3a: full of
life or vigor {made mathematics a ~ subject} 3b: true to life : VIVID 3c:
suited for living {the ~ area} 4: involving living persons 5: VERY - used
as an intensive M mean having or showing life. LIVING and ALIVE apply to
organic bodies having life as opposed to those from which life has gone;
ANIMATE is used chiefly in direct opposition to inanimate to denote things
capable of life; ANIMATED is applied to that which comes alive and active
or is given motion simulating life; VITAL often suggests the opposite of
mechanical in implying the energy and esp. the power to grow and reproduce
characteristic of life - liv.ing.ness n SYN syn LIVING, ALIVE, ANIMATE,
ANIMATED, VITAL
2. living n 1: the condition of being alive 2: conduct or manner of life
3a: means of subsistence : LIVELIHOOD archaic 3b: ESTATE, PROPERTY Brit
3c: BENEFICE