life
lahyf
- n a characteristic state or mode of living
social life
city life
real life - n the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
he could no longer cope with the complexities of life - n the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
he hoped for a new life in Australia
he wanted to live his own life without interference from others - n 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 - n the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
the battery had a short life
he lived a long and happy life - n the period between birth and the present time
I have known him all his life - n the period from the present until death
he appointed himself emperor for life - n a living person
his heroism saved a life - n animation and energy in action or expression
it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it - n living things collectively
the oceans are teeming with life - n the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
there is no life on the moon - n an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- n a motive for living
pottery was his life - n a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
he got life for killing the guard
- I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven't done anything crazy.
- PTI's annual Making of America issue presents a look at the life of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson.
- Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone dishes on life with his famous sister in a book that says as much about their strained, strange relationship as it does about the Material .