About The Word Hibernate
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Hibernate
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What's The Definition Of Hibernate?
[v] sleep during winter, as of certain animals; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"
[v] be in an inactive or dormant state Synonyms | Synonyms for Hibernate: hole up Related Terms | Find terms related to Hibernate: aestivate | be a sideliner | be latent | be still | coast | delay | do nothing | drift | escape notice | hang fire | have nothing on | idle | lay by | lay off | lay to | lie beneath | lie by | lie dormant | lie fallow | lie hid | lie idle | lie low | lie off | lie to | lie up | lurk | make no sign | not budge | not stir | rest | ride at anchor | sit back | sit it out | smolder | stagnate | underlie | vegetate | wait and see | watch and wait See Also | catch some Z's | kip | log Z's | rest | sleep | slumber Hibernate In Webster's Dictionary \Hi"ber*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hibernated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Hibernating}.] [L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr.
hibernu? wintry. See {Hibernal}.]
To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in
a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles,
and insects.
Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the
year, in this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain.
--Southey.
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