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Word entry · 9 letters

hibernate

Best crossword clue

"Sleep through winter"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈhaɪbə(r)ˌneɪt/Part of speech verbSorted abeehinrtStarts with HEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. sleep during winter

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin hībernātus, perfect passive participle of hībernō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from hībernus (“wintry”).

Used in a sentence

  • Hedgehogs and bears are two of the many mammals that hibernate in winter.
  • Organisms have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with these variations. They hibernate or estivate or migrate.
  • Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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