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[ noun ] the experience of living; the course of human events and activities
Synonyms Examples "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)If , in Larkin 's eyes , they are nothing but Piccadilly farmers , he has as much to learn about them as they have to learn about the ways of truly rural living . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Very little in today 's living provides the strength we need , and nothing provides the flexibility . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)The South 's antipathy to Northern civilization includes such charges as poor manners , harsh accents , lack of appreciation of the arts of living like gastronomy and the use of leisure . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)In all the respects just indicated Utopian communism differs from previous conceptions in which community of possessions and living plays a role . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] true to life; lifelike
Examples "the living image of her mother" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)The audience leaves the play under a spell , It is the kind of spell which the exposure to spirit in its living active manifestation always evokes . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] pertaining to living persons
Examples "within living memory" Used in print (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)Didi and Gogo hover on the edge of suicide ; Hamm 's world is death and Clov may or may_not get_out of it to join the living child outside . (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Flowers , stones , and small creatures , living and dead . |
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[ noun ] the condition of living or the state of being alive
Examples "while there's life there's hope" "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" Used in print (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)Generally , the same level of living costs less in the country than in the city . |
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[ adjective ] (intensifier) absolute
Examples "she is a living doll" "scared the living daylights out of them" "beat the living hell out of him" Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)She was a living doll and no mistake - the blue-black bang , the wide cheekbones , olive flushed , that betrayed the Cherokee strain in her Midwestern lineage , and the mouth whose only fault , in the novelist 's carping phrase , was that the lower lip was a_trifle too voluptuous . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination
Examples : "living quarters" "tree-living animals" Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)Japanese fishermen have sometimes observed that sardines hauled up in their nets during a tsunami have enormously swollen stomachs ; the fish have swallowed vast numbers of bottom living diatoms , raised to the surface by the disturbance . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the financial means whereby one lives
Synonyms Examples "each child was expected to pay for their keep" "he applied to the state for support" "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" Used in print (Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)Mr._Skyros was not a man who thought very_much about moral_principles ; he found money much more interesting ; but all_the_same he thought now , uneasily , of the way in which Angelo earned his living - and paid for his own stuff - and eyed the soft smile , and the spaniel like dark eyes , and he felt a_little ill . Related terms resource comforts subsistence maintenance meal_ticket sustain |
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[ adjective ] (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
Examples "carved into the living stone"; Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having life
Synonyms Examples "a live canary" "hit a live nerve" "famous living painters" "living tissue" "living plants and animals" Used in print (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)Biological_warfare is the intentional use of living microorganisms or their toxic products for the purpose of destroying or reducing the military effectiveness of man . For_example , bright sunlight is rapidly destructive for living microorganisms suspended in air . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)To him , Andrei_Androfski had always been the living symbol of a Polish officer . Related terms |
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