Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.
The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months.
schlafend, inaktiv
неакти́вныйneaktívnyj, спя́щийspjáščij, усну́вшийusnúvšij
(not comparable)In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.
a lion dormant
(not comparable)Leaning.
- (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct
- in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
- lying with head on paws as if sleeping
- inactive but capable of becoming active
Examples
17 sentencesThe alien organism has become dormant.
Volcanoes can be active, dormant, or extinct.
ruВулканы бывают действующими, спящими и потухшими.
deEs gibt aktive, schlafende und erloschene Vulkane.
The medlar tree started to go dormant.
Nearly all plants go dormant during the winter.
A simple message can rekindle a dormant friendship.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“to sleep”).
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