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- [hi-ber-neyt]
- /ˈhɪ bərˌneɪt/
- /ˈhaɪ.bə.neɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hi-ber-neyt]
- /ˈhɪ bərˌneɪt/
Definitions of hibernate word
- verb without object hibernate Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate. 1
- verb without object hibernate to withdraw or be in seclusion; retire. 1
- verb without object hibernate to winter in a place with a milder climate: Each winter finds us hibernating in Florida. 1
- noun hibernate (of an animal or plant) spend the winter in a dormant state. 1
- intransitive verb hibernate animal: sleep through winter 1
- intransitive verb hibernate not be active 1
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Origin of hibernate
First appearance:
before 1795 One of the 43% newest English words
First recorded in 1795-1805, hibernate is from the Latin word hībernātus (past participle of hībernāre to spend the winter). See hibernal, -ate1
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Parts of speech for Hibernate
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hibernate popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hibernate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hibernate
verb hibernate
- hole up — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- vegetate — to grow in, or as in, the manner of a plant.
- sleep — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- winter — the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
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