the meaning of life

Why, yes, grasshopper, I do know the meaning of life.

1. the condition that distinguishes animals or plants from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
2. the sum of the distinguishing phenomena of plants and animals, esp. metabolism, growth, reproduction and adaptation to environment.
3.  the animate existence or term of animate existence of an individual.
4.  a corresponding state, existence, or principle of existence conceived of as belonging to the soul.
5. the general or universal condition of human existence.
6.  any specified period of animate existence.
7.  the term of existence, activity, or effectiveness of something inanimate, as a machine, lease, play, etc.
8. a living being.
9.  living things collectively, whether animals or plants.
10.  a particular aspect of existence.
11. the course of existence or sum of experiences and actions that constitute a person's life.
12.  a biography.
13.  animation; liveliness.


There's more, grasshoppers. Check your local dictionary. This is from  Random House .