- 1alive now all living things living organisms the finest living pianist
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- 2[only before noun] used or practiced now living languages (= those still spoken) a living faith Idioms
to hit someone very hard several times and hurt them very much Get out or I'll beat the living daylights out of you!
to show by your actions or qualities that a particular fact is true These figures are living proof of the government's incompetence. He is living proof that not all engineers are boring.
to scare someone very much
at a time, or during the time, that is remembered by people still alive the coldest winter in living memory
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