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    HIBERNATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The act of retiring into inactivityplay

    Example:

    he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("hibernation" is a kind of...):

    retirement (withdrawal from your position or occupation)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animalsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("hibernation" is a kind of...):

    dormancy; quiescence; quiescency (a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction)

    Derivation:

    hibernate (sleep during winter)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    The torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winterplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("hibernation" is a kind of...):

    torpidity; torpor (a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility)

    Derivation:

    hibernate (sleep during winter)

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