adj
Meaning 1
Necessary for life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We would have died without the unexpected rain that brought life-giving water.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
life-giving
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adj
Meaning 2
Creating or engendering life; being a source of life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The act of giving life, of creating beings or fostering their survival.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
giving or having the power to give life and spirit- Louis Bromfield
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- returning the life-giving humus to the land
- life-giving love and praise
- the vitalizing rays of the warming sun
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vitalizing
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: животворен (životvoren) — necessary for life
- Ancient Greek: βιόδωρος (biódōros) — necessary for life
- Latin: vitālis — necessary for life
- Macedonian: живо́творен (živótvoren) — necessary for life
- Māori: whakamanapou — necessary for life
- Norwegian Bokmål: livgivende — necessary for life
- Polish: życiodajny — necessary for life
- Greek: ζωοποιός (zoopoiós) — which creates life