hibernation

Noun

Meaning

The act or state of hibernating.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sandman rest hibernate siesta sleep dream inertia coma trance dormancy inactivity nod apathy inaction carotid
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Antonyms

work business campaign week thing try
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Hypernyms

retirement dormancy torpor quiescence quiescency torpidity

Related terms

hibernate

Phrases with the word

hibernation hole hibernation chamber hibernation retreat hibernation state hibernation stage spore

Examples

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action. Ralph Ellison

One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation. Anthony de Mello

he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years Source: Internet

According to a water treatment expert, cooling systems should be put into hibernation rather than partially, or completely, shut off when not in use to minimise growth of Legionella bacteria. Source: Internet

Although not the only parameter, the changing length of the photoperiod ('daylength') is the most predictive environmental cue for the seasonal timing of physiology and behavior, most notably for timing of migration, hibernation, and reproduction. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hibernating large ground squirrel hibernating nest hibernating spore hibernation chamber hibernation hole hibernation retreat