living: betydning og definisjoner

Possessing life: famous living painters; transplanted living tissue.

In active function or use: a living language.

Of persons who are alive: events within living memory.

Relating to the routine conduct or maintenance of life: improved living conditions in the city.

Full of life, interest, or vitality: made history a living subject.

True to life; realistic: the living image of her mother.

Informal Used as an intensive: beat the living hell out of his opponent in the boxing match.

The condition or action of maintaining life: the high cost of living.

A manner or style of life: preferred plain living.

A means of maintaining life; livelihood: made their living by hunting.

Chiefly British A church benefice, including the revenue attached to it.