Definition of "Life" :

noun: living things collectively

"The oceans are teeming with life."

noun: animation and energy in action or expression

"It was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it."

noun: the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

"He could no longer cope with the complexities of life."

noun: an account of the series of events making up a person's life

noun: a motive for living

"Pottery was his life."

noun: a living person

"His heroism saved a life."

noun: the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones

"There is no life on the moon."

noun: the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living

"He hoped for a new life in Australia."

noun: the condition of living or the state of being alive

"While there's life there's hope."

noun: a characteristic state or mode of living

"Social life."

noun: the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

"The battery had a short life."

noun: the period between birth and the present time

"I have known him all his life."

noun: the period from the present until death

"He appointed himself emperor for life."

noun: a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

"He got life for killing the guard."