Why don't people hibernate?
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Hibernate
/[ˈhɑɪbəˌnɛɪt]/
Synonyms for "hibernate" (42 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
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More general
6 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
7 entriescoordinate
2 entriesdbpedia genre
1 entriesderived
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φωλέω verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Arabic
1 entries- أَسْبَتَ verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Armenian
1 entries- ձմեռային քուն մտնել verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Belarusian
2 entries- зімава́ць verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- перазімава́ць verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Bulgarian
1 entries- зиму́вам verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Catalan
2 entries- hibernar verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- hibernar verb (computer: enter a standby state)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 休眠 verb (computer: enter a standby state)
- 冬眠 verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Czech
1 entries- přezimovat verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Dutch
2 entries- een winterslaap houden verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- overwinteren verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Elfdalian
1 entries- yvyrwitter verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Finnish
3 entries- horrostaa verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- mennä horrostilaan verb (computer: enter a standby state)
- nukkua talviunta verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
French
2 entries- hiberner verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- hiverner verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Galician
1 entries- hibernar verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Georgian
3 entries- გამოიზამთრებს verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- ზამთარს ძილში ატარებს verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- ზამთრის ძილს მიეცემა verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
German
4 entries- Ruhezustand einnehmen verb (computer: enter a standby state)
- Winterschlaf halten verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- in den Ruhezustand wechseln verb (computer: enter a standby state)
- zurückgezogen leben verb (live in seclusion)
Indonesian
1 entries- hibernasi verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Interlingua
1 entries- hibernar verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Italian
1 entries- ibernare verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Japanese
1 entries- 冬眠する verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Māori
2 entries- moe-hōtoke verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- moe-hōtoke verb (computer: enter a standby state)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gå i dvale verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Persian
1 entries- خواب زمستانی verb (computer: enter a standby state)
Polish
1 entries- hibernować verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Portuguese
1 entries- hibernar verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Romanian
1 entries- hiberna verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Russian
2 entries- зимова́ть verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- перезимова́ть verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Slovak
1 entries- prezimovať verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Spanish
2 entries- hibernar verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- hibernizar (DPD) verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Swedish
1 entries- övervintra verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Tagalog
2 entries- i-hibernate verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- mag-hibernate verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Thai
1 entries- จำศีล verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Turkish
1 entries- kış uykusuna yatmak verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зимува́ти verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
- перезимува́ти verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngủ đông verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Welsh
1 entries- gaeafgysgu verb (spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Lactic-acid bacilli are such unyielding bacteria that, even if frozen, they would simply hibernate and can restore themselves as if they came back to life.
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I used to think that only bears hibernate, but the teacher said that turtles do as well.
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Bears hibernate during the winter.
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