living
 liv·ing (lĭvʹĭng)adj.
1. Possessing life:
famous living painters; transplanted living tissue.
2. In active function or use:
a living language.
3. Of persons who are alive:
events within living memory.
4. Relating to the routine conduct or maintainance of life:
improved living conditions in the city.
5. Full of life, interest, or vitality:
made history a living subject.
6. True to life; realistic:
the living image of her mother.
7. Informal. Used as an intensive:
beat the living hell out of his opponent in the boxing match.n.
1. The condition or action of maintaining life:
the high cost of living.
2. A manner or style of life:
preferred plain living.
3. A means of maintaining life; livelihood:
made their living by hunting.
4. Chiefly British. A church benefice, including the revenue attached to it.
Synonyms: living, alive, live2, animate, animated, vital
These adjectives mean possessed of or exhibiting life. Living, alive, and live refer principally to organisms that are not dead: living plants; the happiest person alive; a live canary. Animate applies to living animal as distinct from living plant life: Something animate was moving inside the box. Animated suggests renewed life, vigor, or spirit: The argument became very animated. Vital refers to what is characteristic of or necessary to the continuation of life: You must eat to maintain vital energy.
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