Look up: Hibernate

1. hibernate
   [v] - be in an inactive or dormant state 2. [v] - sleep during winter, as of certain animals
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2. Hibernate
   To remain dormant during the winter period.
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3. Hibernate
   Hi'ber·nate intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hibernated ; present participle & verbal noun Hibernating .] [ Latin hibernare , hibernatum , from hibernus
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4. hibernate
   hole up verb sleep during winter; `Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves`
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5. hibernate
   verb be in an inactive or dormant state
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6. Hibernate
   • (v. i.) To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.
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7. hibernate
   hibernate 1. To spend the winter in a state like sleep or in an inactive condition; such as bears, woodchucks, and some other wild animals. 2. To be in a dormant state resembling sleep over the winter while living off the reserves of body fat, with a decrease in body temperature and pulse rate, and...
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8. hibernate
   (L: hiems winter; hibernus wintry; hibernare) to spend the winter in a dormant state.
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9. hibernate
   To pass a cold season in sleep or seclusion.
   Found on http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reptiles
   
   
10. Hibernate
    (Java) `Hibernate` is an object-relational mapping (ORM) library for the Java language, providing a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to a traditional relational database. Hibernate solves object-relational impedance mismatch problems by replacing direct persistence-relate...
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