Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)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.

    Hedgehogs and bears are two of the many mammals that hibernate in winter.

    Winterschlaf halten, überwintern

    зимова́тьzimovátʹ, перезимова́тьperezimovátʹ

    зимува́тиzymuváty, перезимува́тиperezymuváty

    be in an inactive or dormant state

  2. (intransitive)To live in seclusion.

    zurückgezogen leben

  3. (intransitive)To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.

    in den Ruhezustand wechseln, Ruhezustand einnehmen

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Why do bears hibernate?

    Чому ведмеді впадають у зимову сплячку? — deniko

    ruПочему медведи впадают в спячку? — marafon

  2. Bears aren't the only animals that hibernate.

    ruМедведи не единственные животные, которые впадают в спячку. — marafon

    deBären sind nicht die einzigen Tiere, die Winterschlaf halten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. How many animals can you name that hibernate?

    ruСколько ты можешь назвать животных, которые впадают в спячку? — marafon

    deWie viele Winterschlaf haltende Tiere kannst du aufzählen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I thought only bears hibernated, but my teacher said that turtles do, too.

  5. Why don't people hibernate?

    ruПочему люди не впадают в спячку? — Wayawa

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state:
Русский
By meaning 1
spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state:
live in seclusion:
computer: enter a standby state:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin hībernātus, perfect passive participle of hībernō (see -ate (verb-form

Borrowed from Latin hībernātus, perfect passive participle of hībernō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from hībernus (“wintry”).

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Forms

hibernates, hibernating, hibernated, hibernated
Base formhibernate · to hibernate
3rd person singularhibernates
Present participlehibernating
Past simplehibernated
Past participlehibernated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhibernate
he, she, ithibernates

Past simpleLesson

all personshibernated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hibernated
he, she, ithas hibernated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hibernate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

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