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Hibernate

/[ˈhɑɪbəˌnɛɪt]/ verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep. intransitive

    "Hedgehogs and bears are two of the many mammals that hibernate in winter."

  2. 2
    sleep during winter wordnet
  3. 3
    To live in seclusion. intransitive
  4. 4
    be in an inactive or dormant state wordnet
  5. 5
    To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory. intransitive

    "Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hībernātus, perfect passive participle of hībernō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from hībernus (“wintry”).

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