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# dormant

adjective (dormant)

«dormant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Not active or growing for a time, but able to become active again, like a sleeping volcano. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#m1)
2. Resting, as plants and seeds do in winter or animals in hibernation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons, a dormant volcano has not erupted for a long time but could erupt again; an extinct one will not. In science, seeds and bulbs stay dormant until spring. Phrases: lie dormant, a dormant volcano.

### Examples

- Mount Fuji is a dormant volcano. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x1)
- The seeds lay dormant all winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x2)
- The tree is dormant in the cold months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x3)
- A dormant volcano could erupt again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x4)
- Bears are not fully dormant when they hibernate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x5)
- His talent lay dormant until he tried painting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x6)

### Note

Volcano words: active (erupting now or recently), dormant (sleeping), extinct (dead). Say «DOR-mant».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dormant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dormant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dormant.html) on Mova free.