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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of hibernate form-of, participle, past

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aestivatebe a sidelinerbe latentbe stillcoastdelay

Antonyms

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in action

Example

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"I thought only bears hibernated, but my teacher said that turtles do, too."

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