hibernate
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hibernate
- /ˈhaɪbə(r)ˌneɪt/ UK
- [ˈhɑɪbəˌnɛɪt] Southern England
- /ˈhaɪbəɹˌneɪt/ US
- [ˈhäɪbɚˌneɪt] US
- /ˈhʌɪbərˌneɪt/
- [ˈhəɪbɚˌne(ɪ)t] Ontario
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin hībernātus, perfect passive participle of hībernō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from hībernus (“wintry”).
verb hibernates · hibernating · hibernated · hivernate · hybernate
- 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.
- 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.
