Hibernation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hibernation \Hi`ber*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. hibernation.]
     The act or state of hibernating. --Evelyn.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hibernation
       n 1: the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the
            winter
       2: cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter;
          especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
       3: the act of retiring into inactivity; "he emerged from his
          hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "hibernation":
     beauty sleep, beddy-bye, bedtime, blanket drill, bye-bye, dormancy,
     doze, dreamland, drowse, fitful sleep, immobility, inaction,
     inactiveness, inactivity, inertia, land of Nod, light sleep, lull,
     motionlessness, quiescence, repose, shut-eye, silken repose, sleep,
     sleepland, sleepwalking, slumber, slumberland, snoozle,
     somnambulism, somniloquy, somnus, suspension, unconsciousness,
     underactivity, winter sleep