1. dormant - Noun
2. dormant - Adjective
3. dormant - Adjective Satellite
Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.
In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant.
A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."
Source: Webster's dictionaryher feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened Source: Internet
a dormant volcano Source: Internet
dormant buds Source: Internet
a hibernating bear Source: Internet
torpid frogs Source: Internet
According to Harriet Ingle, a researcher in climate psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, hot weather can incite rage in us that otherwise might lie dormant. Source: Internet