hibernate

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) 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.
  2. (intransitive) To live in seclusion.
  3. (intransitive) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.

Synonyms

pass the winter

spend the winter

pass asleep

Translations

Frequency

40k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhaɪbə(r)ˌneɪt/
Etymology

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

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