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living > 11 senses
ADJECTIVE1livingPertaining to living persons
2livingTrue to life
3livingDwelling or inhabiting
4living(informal) absolute
5living, survivingStill in existence
6livingStill in active use
7living(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place
NOUN1living, lifeThe experience of living
2livingPeople who are still living
3living, animation, life, alivenessThe condition of living or the state of being alive
4living, support, keep, livelihood, bread and butter, sustenanceThe financial means whereby one lives
living > pronunciation
Soundslih'vihng
Rhymesabating, abducting, abiding, and 2078 more rhymes in ihng at the HyperDic website...
living > adjective 1, pert
MeaningPertaining to living persons.
Examples"within living memory"
Nounsliving
living > adjective 2
MeaningTrue to life. Lifelike.
Examples"the living image of her mother"
Similar torealistic
living > adjective 3, ppl
MeaningDwelling or inhabiting. Often used in combination.
Examples"living quarters"; "tree-living animals"
Participle oflive
living > adjective 4
Meaning(informal) absolute.
Examples"she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
Similar toabsolute
Usageintensifier, intensive
living > adjective 5
MeaningStill in existence.
Examples"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"
Synonymssurviving
Similar toextant
living > adjective 6
MeaningStill in active use.
Examples"a living language"
Similar toextant
living > adjective 7
Meaning(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place. Not mined or quarried.
Examples"carved into the living stone";
Similar tolive
living > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe experience of living. The course of human events and activities.
Synonymslife
Broaderexperience
Verbslive
living > noun 2, group
MeaningPeople who are still living.
Examples"save your pity for the living"
Broaderpeople
Contrarydead
Adjectivesliving
living > noun 3, state
MeaningThe condition of living or the state of being alive.
Synonymsanimation, life, aliveness
Attributesalive; dead
Narrowereternal life, life eternal; skin; survival, endurance
Broaderbeing, beingness, existence
Verbslive
living > noun 4, possession
MeaningThe financial means whereby one lives.
Synonymssupport, keep, livelihood, bread and butter, sustenance
Narrowercomforts, creature comforts, amenities, conveniences; maintenance; meal ticket; subsistence
Broaderresource

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