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
.
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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