Scott hurriedly pulls up an easy chair and sits down, anxiously awaiting the meaning of life.
"Ready Scott?" asks the wallpaper.
"Yes! Let's hear it!" replies Scott, practically bouncing up and down on his chair.
"All right, we'll begin..."
Life (lif>, n., pl. lives
1. the condition which distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic objects and dead organisms. The distinguishing manifestations of life are: growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. 2. (collectively) the distinguishing phenomena (esp. metabolism, growth, reproduction, and spontaneous adaptation to environment) of plants and animals, arising out of the energy relationships with protoplasm. 3. the animate existance, or the term of animate existance, of an individual: to risk one's life. 4. a corresponding state, existance, or principle of existance conceived as belonging to the soul: eternal life. 5. the term of existance, activity, or effectiveness of something inanimate, as a machine or a lease. 6. a living being: several lives were lost. 7. living things collectively, whether animals or plants: insect life. 8. course or mode of existance: married life. 9. a biography: a life of Churchill. 10. animation, liveliness: a speech full of life. 11. that which makes or keeps alive; the vivifying or quickening principle. 12. existance in the world of affairs, society, etc. 13. one who or that which enlivens: the life of the party. 14. effervescence or sparkle, as of wines. 15. pungency or strong, sharp flavor, as of substances when fresh or in good condition. 16. the living form or model as the subject of representation in art. [ME; OE lif, c. D liif body, G leib, Icel. lif life, body] --Syn. 10. vivacity, sprightliness, spirit. --Ant. 10. inertness, dullness
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