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Also see: drawing
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
life/lʌɪf/
▶noun (pl. lives)
- 1 the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
■ living things and their activity.
- 2 the existence of an individual human or animal.
■ a particular type or aspect of human existence: school life.
■ a biography.
■ informal a sentence of imprisonment for life.
■ (in some games) each of a specified number of chances each player has before being put out.
- 3 the period during which something continues to exist, function, or be valid.
- 4 vitality or energy.
- 5 [as modifier] (in art) based on a living rather than an imagined form: a life drawing.
– phrases
come (or bring) to life
for the life of me informal however hard I try.
as large as (or larger than) life informal conspicuously present.
larger than life attracting attention because of unusual and flamboyant appearance or behaviour.
life-and-death deciding whether someone lives or dies; vitally important.
the life and soul of the party a vivacious and sociable person.
a matter of life and death a matter of vital importance.
not on your life informal emphatically not.
see life gain a wide experience of the world.
take one's life in one's hands risk being killed.
come (or bring) to life
- 1 regain or cause to regain consciousness.
- 2 become or make active, lively, or interesting.
for the life of me informal however hard I try.
as large as (or larger than) life informal conspicuously present.
larger than life attracting attention because of unusual and flamboyant appearance or behaviour.
life-and-death deciding whether someone lives or dies; vitally important.
the life and soul of the party a vivacious and sociable person.
a matter of life and death a matter of vital importance.
not on your life informal emphatically not.
see life gain a wide experience of the world.
take one's life in one's hands risk being killed.
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