hibernating

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English

Definitions

verb

To spend winter time in hibernation.
To live in seclusion.
To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.

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Synonyms

asleep dormant torpid hibernacula overwintering sleep sleeping winter wintering hibernal slumbering hibernaculum winter sleep slumbers hibernia deep sleep

Antonyms

aestivate estivate

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