hibernate

Verb

Meaning

To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rest winter escape decline sleep retreat crash dream withdraw hide retire idle relax nod hibernation

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Antonyms

estivate arise awake awaken arouse energize

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Hypernyms

kip rest sleep slumber log Z's

Related terms

hibernation hibernal hibernaculum hibernacle hibernator

Derivatives

hibernated hibernating

Anagrams

inbreathe

Examples

I love to shut out the world sometimes and hibernate. Poppy Delevingne

I hibernate through the winter and wait for the summer madness Stout on my breath and a bad case of desert mouth. Jehst

There are days where I've lost weight and I feel bigger or fatter or uglier and I want to just hibernate. I'll find every excuse not to exercise. I hate it. Carnie Wilson

I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind. Paolo Sorrentino

Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves Source: Internet

A machine can be in 7 power states from S0 (fully on) through S5 (powered down but plugged in) and disconnected from power (G3, Mechanical Off), with names such as "sleep", "standby", and "hibernate". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hibernaculum hibernal hibernal solstice hibernating hibernating burrow hibernating large ground squirrel