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How to pronounce hibernating in English?

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Synonyms dormant, torpid


a hibernating bear.

Examples of hibernating

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Oyear, we unknowingly brought home a tree with hibernating yellow jackets in it.
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The word also is used to mean the hibernating rodent called the edible dormouse.
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As the days get shorter and winter closes in, many people feel like hibernating.
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Do-it-yourself investors who made Web trading a national sport are hibernating.
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Hibernating mammals, reptiles, amphibians and insects are harmed and disturbed.
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Males begin hibernating first, while females that have reproduced start later.
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However, until investment spring comes again, I'll be hibernating in my cave.
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Hibernating in winter may be the worst way for humans to weather the winter months.
From the freep.com
Ainu hunters caught hibernating bears or bears that had just left hibernation dens.
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More examples
  • Sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"
  • Be in an inactive or dormant state
  • (hibernating) dormant: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
  • (hibernation) the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter
  • (hibernation) cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
  • (hibernation) the act of retiring into inactivity; "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"
  • Hibernate is an object-relational mapping (ORM) library for the Java language, providing a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to a traditional relational database. ...
  • Hibernation is a feature of many computer operating systems where the contents of RAM are written to non-volatile storage such as a hard disk, as a file or on a separate partition, before powering off the computer. ...
  • (Hibernating) Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals, characterized by lower body temperature, slower breathing, and lower metabolic rate. ...