Lexic.us

Definition of Hibernate

1. Verb. Sleep during winter. "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"

Definition of Hibernate

1. 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.

Definition of Hibernate

1. Verb. (intransitive) To spend winter time in hibernation. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) (computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hibernate

1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hibernate

Literary usage of Hibernate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"... second generation have finished oviposition. it is also possible that some adults of the second generation may hibernate before egg-laying is complete, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The Australian mudfish (Ceratodus) is not known to hibernate or aestivate. ... Freshwater Pulmonata do not appear to hibernate, such forms as Limnaea and ..."

3. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in 1833, 1834, and by Richard King (1836)
"Fat Male and Pregnant Female Bears alone hibernate.—Situation of their Dens.—Migration of the Lean Bears. ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"hibernate. Lat. hyems, winter ; hiber- nus, wintry ; hiberno, to pass the winter. The origin of the name is probably the harsh cry of the bird. w. ..."

5. A Naturalist's Rambles about Home by Charles Conrad Abbott (1884)
"DO SWALLOWS hibernate ? IN the year 1750, Peter Kalm, the Swedish naturalist, made the following entry in his journal, during a brief sojourn in Southern ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Freshwater Pulmonata do not appear to hibernate, such forms as Limnaea and ... The insects which hibernate as larvae belong to those species which pass more ..."

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