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Dormant

//ˈdɔɹmənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended. not-comparable

    "Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again."

  2. 2
    In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant. not-comparable

    "a lion dormant"

  3. 3
    Leaning. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    inactive but capable of becoming active wordnet
  2. 2
    (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct wordnet
  3. 3
    in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation wordnet
  4. 4
    lying with head on paws as if sleeping wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A crossbeam or joist.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“I sleep”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“I sleep”).

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