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AESTIVATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they aestivate ... he / she / it aestivates
Past simple: aestivated
Past participle: aestivated
-ing form: aestivating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sleep during summer
Example:
certain animals estivate
Synonyms:
aestivate; estivate
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "aestivate" is one way to...):
catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber (be asleep)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
hibernate (sleep during winter)
Derivation:
aestivation ((zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period)
