'Hibernate' definitions:
Definition of 'hibernate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Hibernate'
From: GCIDE
- Hibernate \Hi"ber*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hibernated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hibernating.] [L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr. hibernus 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. [1913 Webster]
- Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hibernate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aestivate,
- be a sideliner,
- be latent,
- be still,
- coast,
- delay,
- do nothing,
- drift,
- escape notice,
- hang fire,
- have nothing on,
- idle,
- lay by,
- lay off,
- lay to,
- lie beneath,
- lie by,
- lie dormant,
- lie fallow,
- lie hid,
- lie idle,
- lie low,
- lie off,
- lie to,
- lie up,
- lurk,
- make no sign,
- not budge,
- not stir,
- rest,
- ride at anchor,
- sit back,
- sit it out,
- smolder,
- stagnate,
- underlie,
- vegetate,
- wait and see,
- watch and wait