hibernate
/ˈhaɪbəɹˌneɪt/ verb C1- 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. · Hedgehogs and bears are two of the many mammals that hibernate in winter.
- To live in seclusion.
- To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
He/she/it hibernates · Past hibernated · Past participle hibernated · -ing form hibernating
Verb forms
- Base form
- hibernate
- He/she/it
- hibernates
- Past
- hibernated
- Past participle
- hibernated
- -ing form
- hibernating
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