verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months. intransitive

   "Organisms have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with these variations. They hibernate or estivate or migrate."

2. 2
   sleep during summer wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

aestivate

Antonyms

All antonyms

hibernate

Example

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"Crocodiles do not hibernate but estivate within caves during the dry season."

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