hibernate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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.
To live in seclusion.
To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.

/ˈhaɪbə(r)ˌneɪt/ [ˈhɑɪbəˌnɛɪt] /ˈhaɪbəɹˌneɪt/ [ˈhäɪbɚˌneɪt] /ˈhʌɪbərˌneɪt/ [ˈhəɪbɚˌne(ɪ)t] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hibernate.wav

hibernate hibernates hibernating hibernated hivernate hybernate

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

hibernacle hibernaculum hibernal hibernation hibernator oversummer overwinter

nonhibernating

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