hybernate

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A form of hibernate — To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.

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Meanings

verbhybernate (third-person singular simple present hybernates, present participle hybernating, simple past and past participle hybernated)

present singular third person hybernates · participle present hybernating · participle past hybernated · past hybernated

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of hibernate.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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