1. (

• animation ,
• life ,
• living ,
• aliveness

) 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" ;

2. (

• animation ,
• vitality

) the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed" ;

3. (

• animation ,
• spiritedness ,
• invigoration ,
• brio ,
• vivification

) quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous ;

4. (

• vivification ,
• invigoration ,
• animation ,

) the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something ;

5. (

• animation

) the making of animated cartoons ;

6. (

• liveliness ,
• animation ,

) general activity and motion ;