Hibernating : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hibernating	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Hibernating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hibernating adj in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" Synonym(s): dormant, hibernating(a), torpid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hibernate \Hi"ber*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hibernated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hibernating}.] [L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr. hibernu[?] wintry. See {Hibernal}.] To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects. Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain. --Southey.