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  1. adjective Possessing life: famous living painters; transplanted living tissue.
  2. adjective In active function or use: a living language.
  3. adjective Of persons who are alive: events within living memory.
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  • People who file down horse teeth for a living are asking lawmakers to allow them to resume
  • Information about where the boyfriend lives or what he does for a living is also often vague. —  Chinalyst - China blogs in English
  • Of course Richard Florida's dream of a giant "zone" of people who answer phone calls for a living is attractive too … that is if you've already been de-evolved. —  Dissident Voice
  • A man who sells adult toys for a living has been accused of selling cut-price stun guns on the streets of Sydney. —  National Nine News
  • Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that begs to differ with those who might say writing for a living is a cushy, wimpy profession. —  Summit Daily News - Top Stories
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living:   lives ·  live ·  lived
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. from Middle English living, livyng, libbing; verbal noun of live, v.
  2. Altered from Middle English livend, lifand, from Anglo-Saxon lifiende, present participle of lifian, live: see live, v.
 

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