· 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"
Synonym(s): animation, life, living
Hypernym(s): being, beingness, existence, face_of_the_earth
· the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
Synonym(s): animateness, liveness
Hypernym(s): physiological_property