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to hibernate
01
(of some animals or plants) to spend the winter sleeping deeply
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
State verb
Regular
Present tense
hibernate
3rd person singular
hibernates
Present participle
hibernating
Past simple
hibernated
Past participle
hibernated
Examples
Bears hibernate in caves during the cold winter months to conserve energy.
02
be in an inactive or dormant state
Lexical Tree
hibernating
hibernation
hibernate
