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HIBERNATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of retiring into inactivity
Example:
he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("hibernation" is a kind of...):
retirement (withdrawal from your position or occupation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hibernation" is a kind of...):
dormancy; quiescence; quiescency (a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction)
Derivation:
hibernate (sleep during winter)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hibernation" is a kind of...):
torpidity; torpor (a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility)
Derivation:
hibernate (sleep during winter)
