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Hibernate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Hibernate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

sleep during winter

"Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"

2

be in an inactive or dormant state

"After months of hibernating through the long winter, the bear finally emerged from its den to hunt for food."

3

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.

"The groundhog burrows deep into its den to hibernate until the snow melts next spring."

Related Terms
Antonyms
aestivate estivate
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sleep rest

Origin

The word hibernate comes from the Latin verb hibernare, meaning "to spend the winter." It is derived from hibernus, which translates to "wintry."

Rhyming Words
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