Synonyms for hibernate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hi-ber-neyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɪ bərˌneɪt


Définition of hibernate

Origin :
  • 1802, probably a back-formation from hibernation. Related: Hibernated; hibernating.
  • verb lie dormant; sleep through cold weather
Example sentences :
  • Simply a hole to hibernate in and to sleep and eat in in summer.
  • Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland
  • Apparently he does not hibernate, for on sunny days he may be seen the year round.
  • Extract from : « The Rocky Mountain Wonderland » by Enos A. Mills
  • And besides, it is fairly certain that they, like most others of their kind, hibernate.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow Passes » by Roy J. Snell
  • It does not hibernate, and may be seen in winter pursuing its prey beneath the ice.
  • Extract from : « Animal Life of the British Isles » by Edward Step
  • The Squirrel does not hibernate, as it is said by the older writers to do.
  • Extract from : « Animal Life of the British Isles » by Edward Step
  • It is not believed that any of them hibernate in any stage of their existence.
  • Extract from : « The Butterflies of the British Isles » by Richard South
  • For the rest of the time there was nothing to do but hibernate in his log cabin.
  • Extract from : « The Red One » by Jack London
  • Bears, with the exception of the Polar species, hibernate in winter.
  • Extract from : « Science of Trapping » by Elmer Harry Kreps
  • In such cases the insect must aestivate rather than hibernate.
  • Extract from : « Butterflies Worth Knowing » by Clarence M. Weed
  • There are about twenty kinds of night-lizards, and many which hibernate.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8 » by Various

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