hibernate

3 definitions found

hibernate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hibernate \Hi"ber*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hibernated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Hibernating.] [L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr.
     hibernus wintry. See Hibernal.]
     To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in
     a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles,
     and insects.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the
           year, in this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain.
                                                    --Southey.
     [1913 Webster]

hibernate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hibernate
      v 1: sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before
           they hibernate in their caves" [syn: hibernate, hole up
           ] [ant: aestivate, estivate]
      2: be in an inactive or dormant state

hibernate - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "hibernate":
     aestivate, be a sideliner, be latent, be still, coast, delay,
     do nothing, drift, escape notice, hang fire, have nothing on, idle,
     lay by, lay off, lay to, lie beneath, lie by, lie dormant,
     lie fallow, lie hid, lie idle, lie low, lie off, lie to, lie up,
     lurk, make no sign, not budge, not stir, rest, ride at anchor,
     sit back, sit it out, smolder, stagnate, underlie, vegetate,
     wait and see, watch and wait