HIBERNIZATION Synonyms

• (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period

• (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

• the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter

• cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals

• the act of retiring into inactivity

• the state of being inactive

• the state of being inactive

• a disposition to remain inactive or inert

• being inactive; being less active

• a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

• weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

• inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

• a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction

• quiet and inactive restfulness

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a pause for relaxation

• a state of inaction

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• a support on which things can be put

• a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

• not move; be in a resting position

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

• give a rest to

• have a place in relation to something else

• be at rest

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• be inherent or innate in

• put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

• sit, as on a branch

• rest on or as if on a pillow

• be inactive, refrain from acting

• a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility

• inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy