<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.</li><li>Characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.</li><li>Accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.</li><li>Abiding in one place; not migratory.</li><li>Pertaining to animals that move about little or are permanently attached to something, as a barnacle.</li><li>Active or thriving; vigorous; strong: a living faith.</li><li>Flowing freely, as water.</li><li>Of or relating to living persons: within living memory.</li><li>Lifelike; true to life, as a picture or narrative.</li><li>Informal: very; absolute (used as an intensifier): You scared the living daylights out of me!</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The act or condition of a person or thing that lives: Living is very expensive these days.</li><li>The means of maintaining life; livelihood: to earn one's living.</li><li>A particular manner, state, or status of life: luxurious living.</li><li>(Used with a plural verb) Living persons collectively: glad to be back among the living.</li><li>British: the benefice of a member of the clergy.</li></ul>