hibernate

Meanings

Verb

sleep during winter
- "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"
be in an inactive or dormant state
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.
To live in seclusion.
To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin hībernātus, from hībernāre, from hībernus (“winter”).

Synonyms

hole up

Antonyms

aestivate, estivate

Scrabble Score: 14

hibernate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hibernate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 15

hibernate is a valid Words With Friends word