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# hibernate

verb (hibernate, hibernates, hibernated, hibernating)

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

## Everyday

1. Of an animal: to spend the winter in a deep sleep-like state, with the body slowed down and cold, to save energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#m1)
2. (of a computer) To switch to a power-saving state that keeps your work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, hibernation is an adaptation to winter, when food is scarce: hedgehogs, dormice, bats, some squirrels and frogs hibernate; the heart beats slowly and the body lives on stored fat. Bears go into a lighter winter sleep. If you find a hibernating animal, do not wake it. Phrases: «go into hibernation», «hibernate through the winter».

### Examples

- Hedgehogs hibernate in piles of leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x1)
- Before they hibernate, animals eat lots of food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x2)
- Bats hibernate in caves and lofts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x3)
- A hibernating animal breathes very slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x4)
- Don't disturb a hibernating hedgehog in a bonfire pile — check before lighting it! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x5)
- Bears sleep through the winter, but not as deeply as true hibernators. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x6)
- Some frogs hibernate in mud at the bottom of ponds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x7)
- I wish I could hibernate until the summer! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x8)

### Note

Noun: «hibernation». Not just «sleep»: the body temperature drops and the animal is very hard to wake. In hot dry places, some animals do the same in summer; that is called «aestivation» (estivation).

## On Mova

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