estivate

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/ˈɛstɪˌveɪt/

verb

To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.

Similar
aestivate
Opposite
hibernate
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Meanings

verbestivate (third-person singular simple present estivates, present participle estivating, simple past and past participle estivated)

present singular third person estivates · participle present estivating · participle past estivated · past estivated · alternative aestivate · alternative æstivate

  1. intransitiveTo go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.

    Organisms have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with these variations. They hibernate or estivate or migrate.

    2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 8, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company

Synonyms & antonyms

verbsleep during summer

Similar
aestivate
Opposite
hibernate
Broader
sleepkipslumber

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan estiuar
  • estiuargo into stasis in the summer months
Chinese 夏眠
  • 夏眠 (xiàmián)go into stasis in the summer months
French estiver
  • estivergo into stasis in the summer months
Italian estivare
  • estivarego into stasis in the summer months
Māori moe raumati
  • moe raumatigo into stasis in the summer months
Persian تابستان خفتن
  • تابستان خفتن (tâbestân xoftan)go into stasis in the summer months
Spanish estivar
  • estivargo into stasis in the summer months
Welsh hafgysgu
  • hafgysgugo into stasis in the summer months
Cite this entry
APA

estivate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estivate

MLA

“estivate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estivate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “estivate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estivate.

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