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liv·ing thing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. living thing, animate thingnoun

    a living (or once living) entity

Wiktionary

  1. living thingnoun

    Something animate; an animate thing; something that lives, as opposed to inanimate or dead things.

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  1. Living Thing

    Living Thing is the fifth album by Peter Bjorn and John, released on 30 March 2009 in the UK and 31 March in the US. Much darker and more experimental than their previous album Writer's Block, Living Thing expands the sound of the group by taking more cues from hip-hop and electronic music, in particular the work of African electronic funk musician William Onyeabor. Three singles were eventually released from the album: "Nothing To Worry About," 'It Don't Move Me," and "Lay It Down."

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  1. living thing

    A living thing, also known as an organism, is a complex structure of interdependent and interrelated elements. These elements function as a whole organism and possess the ability to perform vital life processes such as growth, metabolism, reproduction, response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism itself. This life form also possesses genetic material which can be passed onto the next generation. It can be a plant, animal, bacterium, fungi, among other entities.

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  1. Living Thing

    Living Thing is the fourth album by Peter Bjorn and John, released on March 30, 2009 in the UK and March 31 in the US. Much darker and more experimental than their previous album 'Writer's Block', through which they found mainstream success, Living Thing takes influence from hip-hop and electronic music. Three singles were eventually released from Living Thing; 'Nothing To Worry About', 'It Don't Move Me' and 'Lay It Down'.

Editors Contribution

  1. living thing

    A living organism

    All living things deserve respect and to be valued


    Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2021  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of living thing in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of living thing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of living thing in a Sentence

  1. Bertrand Russell:

    Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself.

  2. Chikabo Kumada:

    I believe that any living thing can be beautiful if you love it. Most mothers of small children hate insects. That’s why I draw insects larger than life on purpose. I do that so they can see what lovely eyes the insects have.

  3. G. K. Chesterton:

    A dead thing goes with the stream. Only a living thing can go against it.

  4. The Book of Joshua 6:21:

    They devoted the city to the lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it - men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

  5. James D. Bryden:

    Love does not die easily. It is a living thing. It thrives in the face of all of life's hazards, save one -- neglect.


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