dash vs life

dash

noun
  • Ostentatious vigor. 

  • Violent strike; a whack. 

  • The dashboard of a Tumblr user. 

  • A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon. 

  • Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar). 

  • A rushing or violent onset. 

  • A short run, flight. 

  • The longer of the two symbols of Morse code. 

  • A slight admixture. 

  • A bribe or gratuity; a gift. 

  • A dashboard. 

  • A hyphen or minus sign. 

verb
  • To leave or depart. 

  • To complete hastily. 

  • To ruin; to destroy. 

  • To dishearten; to sadden. 

  • To sprinkle; to splatter. 

  • To run quickly or for a short distance. 

  • To destroy by striking (against). 

  • To draw or write quickly; jot. 

  • To throw violently. 

intj
  • Damn! 

life

noun
  • The most lively component or participant. 

  • A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole). 

  • An opportunity for existence. 

  • A worthwhile existence. 

  • The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. 

  • The span of time during which an object operates. 

  • A particular phase or period of existence. 

  • Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it. 

  • The period of time during which an object is recognizable. 

  • Animation; spirit; vivacity. 

  • A biography. 

  • One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made. 

  • A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team. 

  • Social life. 

  • Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc. 

  • A particular aspect of existence. 

  • The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism. 

  • The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc. 

  • The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive. 

  • Lifeforms, generally or collectively. 

  • A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age). 

  • One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball. 

  • The life insurance industry. 

  • A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract). 

  • Existence. 

  • A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.) 

verb
  • To replace components whose operational lifetime has expired. 

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