| Pronunciation: | | h`Iburn'eyshun
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- [n] the act of retiring into inactivity; "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"
- [n] cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
- [n] the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter
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| | See Also: | | dormancy, quiescence, quiescency, retirement, torpidity, torpor |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hi`ber*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. hibernation.]
The act or state of hibernating. --Evelyn.
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| | Related Terms: | | beauty sleep, beddy-bye, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye, dormancy, doze, dreamland, drowse, fitful sleep, immobility, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, inertia, land of Nod, light sleep, lull, motionlessness, quiescence, repose, shut-eye, silken repose, sleep, sleepland, sleepwalking, slumber, slumberland, snoozle, somnambulism, somniloquy, somnus, suspension, unconsciousness, underactivity, winter sleep |
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