About The Word Dormant
Learn about the word Dormant to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Dormant definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Dormant
| Dormant Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Dormant?
[adj] not active but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
[adj] of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano" [adj] (biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dormant: asleep(p) | hibernating(a) | inactive | quiescent | torpid Related Terms | Find terms related to Dormant: abeyant | apathetic | asleep | at rest | benumbed | between the lines | blase | bored | cataleptic | catatonic | comatose | concealed | contemplative | covert | cryptic | dead | dead asleep | debilitated | deep asleep | delitescent | do-nothing | dopey | droopy | drugged | dull | enervated | esoteric | exanimate | fast asleep | flaked-out | flat | foul | groggy | heavy | hebetudinous | hibernating | hidden | idle | immobile | in abeyance | in suspense | inactive | inanimate | inert | jaded | lackadaisical | laissez-aller | laissez-faire | languid | languorous | latent | leaden | lethargic | lifeless | listless | logy | lumpish | lurking | meditative | moribund | motionless | muffled | mystic | neuter | neutral | numb | obfuscated | oblivious | obscured | occult | out | paralytic | paralyzed | passive | phlegmatic | pooped | possible | potential | procrastinating | quiescent | quiet | quietist | quietistic | resting | sated | sedentary | slack | sleeping | sleepy | slow | sluggish | slumbering | slumberous | smoldering | somnolent | sound asleep | stagnant | stagnating | standing | standpat | static | stationary | still | stultified | submerged | supine | suspended | tame | torpid | unaroused | unconscious | under the surface | underlying | undisclosed | unexpressed | unmanifested | unmoving | unrevealed | vegetable | vegetative | veiled | virtual | wan | weary | world-weary See Also | Dormant In Webster's Dictionary \Dor"mant\, a. [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L.
dormire; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. dr[=a], OSlav. dr?mati.]
1. Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or
exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed,
asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant
claims or titles.
It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . .
very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals
upon a people. --Burke.
2. (Her.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; --
distinguished from {couchant}.
{Dormant partner} (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the
active business of a company or partnership, but is
entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share
in losses; -- called also {sleeping or silent partner}.
{Dormant window} (Arch.), a dormer window. See {Dormer}.
{Table dormant}, a stationary table. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Dor"mant\, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or `` sleep.'' --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and {dormer}. --Halliwell. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Elementary school ‐ a school for young children; usually the first 6…
- Press stud ‐ a fastener used…
- Butterfly valve ‐ a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and…
- Cuirass ‐ medieval body armor that covers the…
- Stole ‐ a wide scarf worn about their…
- European perch ‐ a perch native…
- Anseriformes ‐ ducks; geese; swans;…
- Tepic ‐ a city in west…
- Actinomycin ‐ any of various red antibiotics isolated from…
- Pluckiness ‐ the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible…