Living
Living (liv"ing) , adjective
[From Live, v. i.]
1.
Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead.
2.
Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle.
Living hope.
3.
Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
4.
Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
Living light.
5.
Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
Then on the living coals wine they pour.
Collocations (4)
Living force , See Vis viva, under Vis.
Living gale (Nautical) , a heavy gale.
Living rock or Living stone , rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock.
The living , those who are alive, or one who is alive.
Living , noun
1.
The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
Health and living.
2.
Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.
A vicious living.
3.
Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate; as, to make a comfortable living from writing.
She can spin for her living.
He divided unto them his living.
4.
Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases.
5.
The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives. [English]
He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a living