Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Live \Live\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lived}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Living}.] [OE. liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to
   OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. leb[=e]n, Dan. leve,
   Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth.
   liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr.
   liparei^n to persist, liparo`s oily, shining, sleek, li`pos
   fat, lard, Skr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the first sense
   prob. was, to cleave to, stick to; hence, to remain, stay;
   and hence, to live.]
   1. To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a
      plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to
      be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of
      existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age
      are long in reaching maturity.

            Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I
            will . . . lay sinews upon you, and will bring up
            flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put
            breath in you, and ye shall live.     --Ezek.
                                                  xxxvii. 5, 6.

   2. To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain
      manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to
      live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.

            O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a
            man that liveth at rest in his possessions!
                                                  --Ecclus. xli.
                                                  1.

   3. To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell;
      to reside.

            Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years.
                                                  --Gen. xlvii.
                                                  28.

   4. To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be
      permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas,
      etc.

            Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We
            write in water.                       --Shak.

   5. To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of
      happiness.

            What greater curse could envious fortune give Than
            just to die when I began to live?     --Dryden.

   6. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with
      on; as, horses live on grass and grain.

   7. To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished,
      and actuated by divine influence or faith.

            The just shall live by faith.         --Gal. iii.
                                                  ll.

   8. To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to
      subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.

            Those who live by labor.              --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.

   9. To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat,
      etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.

            A strong mast that lived upon the sea. --Shak.

   {To live out}, to be at service; to live away from home as a
      servant. [U. S.]

   {To live with}.
      (a) To dwell or to be a lodger with.
      (b) To cohabit with; to have intercourse with, as male
          with female.

Living \Liv"ing\, n.
   1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life;
      existence. ``Health and living.'' --Shak.

   2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living;
      earnest living. `` A vicious living.'' --Chaucer.

   3. Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.

            She can spin for her living.          --Shak.

            He divided unto them his living.      --Luke xv. 12.

   4. Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living
      comfortably.

            There is no living without trusting somebody or
            other in some cases.                  --L' Estrange.

   5. The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge
      which a minister receives. [Eng.]

            He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a
            living                                --Macaulay.

   {Livng room}, the room most used by the family.

Laving \Lav"ing\, a. [From {Live}, v. i.]
   1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.

   2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the
      mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living
      faith; a living principle. `` Living hope. '' --Wyclif.

   3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as,
      a living spring; -- opposed to {stagnant}.

   4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
      ``Living light.'' --Shak.

   5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.

            Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden.

   {Living force}. See {Vis viva}, under {Vis}.

   {Living gale} (Naut.), a heavy gale.

   {Living} {rock or stone}, rock in its native or original
      state or location; rock not quarried. `` I now found
      myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which
      were cut out of the living rock.'' --Moore.

   {The living}, those who are alive, or one who is alive.

Source : WordNet®

living
     adj 1: pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
     2: true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
     3: dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination; "living
        quarters"; "tree-living animals"
     4: (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the
        living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out
        of him"
     5: still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is
        a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been
        long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the
        only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" [syn:
        {surviving}]
     6: still in active use; "a living language"
     7: (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place;
        not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";
        [syn: {living(a)}]

living
     n 1: the experience of living; the course of human events and
          activities; "he could no longer cope with the
          complexities of life" [syn: {life}]
     2: people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
        [ant: {dead}]
     3: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while
        there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical
        and physical processes" [syn: {animation}, {life}, {aliveness}]
     4: the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was
        expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state
        for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
        [syn: {support}, {keep}, {livelihood}, {bread and butter},
         {sustenance}]