living /livˈing/

1. Live
2. Alive
3. Having vitality
4. Lively
5. (of a likeness) strikingly exact
6. Currently in existence, activity or use

1. Means of subsistence
2. Manner of life
3. A property
4. A benefice

living death noun

A life of unrelieved misery

living-flame adjective

Of a gas fire, simulating the effect of burning solid fuel

living fossil noun

An animal or a plant of a group of which most are extinct

living memory noun

The memory of anybody or somebody still alive

living rock noun

Rock still forming part of the bedrock, not detached

living room noun

A sitting room for the general use of a family, etc

living wage noun

A wage on which it is possible for a wage-earner and his or her family to live adequately

living will noun

A document drawn up to state what kind of medical care the signatory would prefer if unable to express his or her own wishes, as in cases of dementia, coma, etc

the living

Those alive at present

live¹ /liv/

1. To have, or continue in, life, temporal, spiritual, or figurative, to be alive
2. To enjoy life
3. To lead one's life in a certain way, eg live well, loosely, etc
4. To be supported, subsist, get a living
5. To survive, remain alive, escape death
6. To continue, last, escape destruction or oblivion
7. To reside or dwell

1. To spend or pass
2. To act in conformity to
3. To express (eg a set of principles, a creed, etc) by one's life, make one's life the same thing as

livabilˈity or liveabilˈity noun

livˈable or liveˈable adjective

1. Worth living, capable of being lived
2. (usu followed by in) habitable
3. (usu followed by with or in) such as one could endure to live with or in, bearable

livˈer noun

livedˈ-in adjective

1. (of a room, etc) homely with the signs of habitation
2. (of a face) marked by life's experiences

liveˈ-inˈ adjective

1. (of an employee) living at the place of work
2. (of a sexual partner) sharing the same dwelling

live a lie

To conduct one's life in such a way as to deny or conceal some essential circumstance or aspect of one's character, usu shameful

live and breathe

To be passionately enthusiastic about

live and learn

To keep learning new and surprising things

live and let live

To give and expect toleration or forbearance

live by

To order one's life according to (a principle, etc)

live down

Eventually to rehabilitate oneself in people's eyes after (a failure, mistake, etc)

live for

1. To attach great importance to
2. To make (something) the chief concern of one's life
3. To look forward longingly to

live in

To reside at one's place of employment

live it up

1. To go on a spree
2. To cram one's life with excitement and pleasure

live off

1. To be financially supported by
2. To feed oneself exclusively on (particular foods)

live on

1. To live by feeding upon, or with expenditure limited to
2. To continue or last

live on air (facetious)

To have no apparent means of sustenance

live out

1. To live (one's life) entirely in a particular way or place
2. To survive
3. To fulfil (eg the destiny reserved for one)
4. (of someone in domestic service) to live away from the workplace (US)
5. (of eg a hotel worker, hospital doctor, etc) to live away from one's place of employment
6. (of a student) to have accommodation outside the college or university campus

live out of (informal)

To depend on the limited range of eg food offered by (tins) or clothes contained in (a suitcase)

live through

To experience at first hand and survive (esp an unpleasant event)

live to

To live long enough to, come at last to

live together

To cohabit

live under (archaic)

To be tenant to

live up to

1. To behave in a manner worthy of
2. To fulfil or satisfy (expectations, a promise, etc)

live well

To live luxuriously

live with

1. To cohabit with
2. To accept and adapt to as an inescapable part of one's life

the living theatre

The live theatre

• mourners
• mournful
• mournfully
• mournfulness
• mournfulnesses
• mourning
• mourning band
• mourning bands
• mourning border
• mourning borders
• mourning-bride
• mourning-brides
• mourning cloak
• mourning cloaks
• mourning coach
• mourning coaches
• mourning dove
• mourning doves
• mourningly
• mourning piece
• mourning pieces
• mourning ring
• mourning rings
• mournings
• mourning-stuff