noun

hibernation

heye-buh-NAY-shuhn

noun

A state of greatly reduced activity and metabolism that some animals enter during winter.

"The dormouse spends nearly six months a year in hibernation."

A computer power-saving mode that saves the current session to disk before shutting down.

"Hibernation lets you resume exactly where you left off, even after a full power-off."

How to Use Hibernation

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe state of being dormant through winter, or the equivalent power-saving state on a computer.

Common pairings

go into hibernation a period of hibernation

hibernations plural

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The dormouse spends nearly six months a year in _____.

From Latin "hibernatus," from "hiberno," from "hibernus" ("wintry").

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