Hibernation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or period of hibernating.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or state of hibernating.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals during winter.
  • noun. A standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
  • noun. the act of retiring into inactivity
  • noun. the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter
  • Word Usage
    "As a result, Changing World is "in hibernation" until it can find a private investor willing to "come in and buy at a distressed value," he says."
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