hibernate
/ˈhaɪbə(r)ˌneɪt/
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Southern England[ˈhɑɪbəˌnɛɪt]
hibernate verb: 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.
Verb
hibernate (third-person singular simple present hibernates, present participle hibernating, simple past and past participle hibernated)
- 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.
- Organisms have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with these variations. They hibernate or estivate or migrate.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 8, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company
- To live in seclusion.
- To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
- Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time.2001, Microsoft Corp, Use Hibernate and Standby to Conserve Batteries
hibernate meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
hibernate in Tamil
- ஓய்வுறு
hibernate in Bengali
- শীতনিদ্রা যাপন করা, নিষ্ক্রিয় থাকা
hibernate in Malayalam
- ഹിമകാലം നിദ്രയിൽ കഴിച്ചുകൂട്ടുക, നിഷ്ക്രിയനായിരിക്കുക, ചുരുണ്ടുകിടക്കുക
hibernate in Kannada
- ಚಳಿಗಾಲದ ನಿದ್ದೆ ಮಾಡು, ಶಿಶಿರ ಸುಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿರು, ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆ ಇಲ್ಲದಿರು, ನಿಶ್ಚೇಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಬಿದ್ದಿರು, ನೆನಪಿಟ್ಟು ಮುಚ್ಚು, ನೆನಪಿನೊಡನೆ
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- hibernate in Tagalog
- mag-hibernate, i-hibernate
- hibernate in Arabic
- أَسْبَتَ ʔasbata
- hibernate in Indonesian
- hibernasi
- hibernate in Persian
- خواب زمستانی
- hibernate in Thai
- จำศีล jam-sǐin
- hibernate in Vietnamese
- ngủ đông
Examples of hibernate in a sentence
- My computer hibernates after it has been idle for 30 minutes.
- Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.
- Makes me wanna burrow underground n' hibernate for a season or two.
Forms of hibernate
| third-person singular present | hibernates |
|---|---|
| present participle | hibernating |
| past participle | hibernated |
| past | hibernated |
| alternative form | hivernate |
| alternative form | hybernate |
Origin of hibernate
Borrowed from Latin hībernātus, perfect passive participle of hībernō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from hībernus (“wintry”).
Words formed from hibernate
Questions about hibernate
- What does hibernate mean?
- Hibernate means 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.
- What is hibernate in Tamil?
- Hibernate in Tamil is ஓய்வுறு. See Hibernate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hibernate?
- Hibernate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce hibernate?
- Hibernate is pronounced /ˈhaɪbə(r)ˌneɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of hibernate?
- The past tense of hibernate is hibernated.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hibernate (page history and authors); hibernate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hibernate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hibernate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hibernate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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