The Collaborative International Dictionary
Living \Liv"ing\ (l[i^]v"[i^]ng), a. [From Live, v. i.]
Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. Opposed to dead.
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.Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. ``Living light.''
--Shak.-
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 Living 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.
Wikipedia
The Living is American author Annie Dillard's first novel, a historical fiction account of European settlers and a group of Lummi natives in late 19th century Washington published in 1992. The main action of the book takes place in the Puget Sound settlements of Whatcom, Old Bellingham, Sehome, and Fairhaven, which would later merge to form the city of Bellingham, Washington.
As research for the novel, Dillard lived for five years in the Bellingham area, much of that time in 19th century era accommodations.
The Living is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Jack Bryan. It stars Fran Kranz, Jocelin Donahue, Kenny Wormald, Chris Mulkey, and Joelle Carter. Teddy (Kranz) learns he has beaten his wife, Molly (Donahue), in a drunken rage. Her brother, Gordon (Wormald), hires an ex-con (Mulkey) to kill Teddy. The film premiered at the 2014 Manhattan Film Festival.
Usage examples of "the living".
It was as though they were grains of sugar sweetening the cup of life, for right then and there the man who had but recently tried to take his own life was finding that life very worth the living.
In any case it was several minutes and a few more before she emerged pink and glowing into the living room.
For the briefest moment he thought that he would fall, but other hands reached up for him, holding him, welcoming him, their bodies closing about him as he was embraced and taken, whole and naked, into the living darkness.
Sometimes I lie on the living room floor and listen to Fleetwood Mac, the Bangles, the B-52’.
This troubled the living, who were convinced that there was no way to help or console them.
They held very extreme views, denying that the Blessed Sacrament is the Body of Christ, advocating the abolition of all disctinctions of rank and fortune and the living in community.
Then, with a start, you realize that the book you were holding, the red plaid cotton shirt with white buttons, the favorite black jeans and the maroon socks with an almost-hole in one heel, the living room, the about-to-whistle tea kettle in the kitchen: all of these have vanished.
And they would be irked with him anyway, having to deal with a Dictat-WarAvocat who was one of the living.