'Dormant' definitions:

Definition of 'dormant'

From: WordNet
adjective
In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn: dormant, hibernating(a), torpid]
adjective
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano" [syn: dormant, inactive] [ant: active]
adjective
Lying with head on paws as if sleeping [syn: dormant(ip), sleeping]
adjective
Inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened" [syn: abeyant, dormant]

Definition of 'Dormant'

From: GCIDE
  • Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See Dormant, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer. --Halliwell. Dormer