hibernate

== English == === Alternative forms === hivernate, hybernate (both obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hībernātus, perfect passive participle of hībernō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from hībernus (“wintry”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪbə(r)ˌneɪt/ (Southern England) IPA(key): [ˈhɑɪbəˌnɛɪt] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪbəɹˌneɪt/, [ˈhäɪbɚˌneɪt] (Canada, idle-idol split) IPA(key): /ˈhʌɪbərˌneɪt/ (Ontario) IPA(key): [ˈhəɪbɚˌne(ɪ)t] === Verb === hibernate (third-person singular simple present hibernates, present participle hibernating, simple past and past participle hibernated) (intransitive, biology) 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. Coordinate terms: estivate, brumate (intransitive) To live in seclusion. (intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === oversummer overwinter === Anagrams === breathe in, inbreathe == Latin == === Verb === hībernāte second-person plural present active imperative of hībernō == Spanish == === Verb === hibernate second-person singular voseo imperative of hibernar combined with te