Past tense of hibernate
regular verb
The past tense of hibernate is hibernated. The past participle is also hibernated.
Forms of hibernate
| Base form (V1) | hibernate /ˈhaɪbə(r)ˌneɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | hibernated |
| Past participle (V3) | hibernated |
| Present participle | hibernating |
| Third person singular | hibernates |
Meaning of 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 To live in seclusion.
- verb To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
Questions about the past tense of hibernate
- What is the past tense of hibernate?
- The past tense of hibernate is hibernated.
- What is the past participle of hibernate?
- The past participle of hibernate is hibernated.
- Is hibernate a regular or irregular verb?
- Hibernate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hibernate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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