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# hibernating

verb (form of hibernate: hibernate, hibernates, hibernated, hibernating); adjective (hibernating)

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

## Everyday

1. Hibernating means spending the winter in a deep sleep-like rest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernating/#m1)
2. A hibernating animal is one that is in this long winter rest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernating/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons pupils learn that hedgehogs, bats, dormice, some bears, ground squirrels and many frogs and snakes hibernate: their body temperature drops, heartbeat and breathing slow down and they live on stored fat. In everyday life you should not disturb hibernating animals, for example in leaf piles before a bonfire. Phrases: hibernating animals, go into hibernation, wake from hibernation.

### Examples

- The hedgehog is hibernating under the leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernating/#x1)
- Check bonfire piles for hibernating hedgehogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernating/#x2)
- Hibernating bats hang in caves all winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernating/#x3)
- A hibernating animal breathes very slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernating/#x4)
- The bear is hibernating in its den. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernating/#x5)
- Frogs spend winter hibernating in the mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernating/#x6)

### Note

From «hibernate» (drop the e, add -ing). Noun: hibernation. Myth: hibernation is not ordinary sleep — the body almost shuts down. Bears' winter rest is lighter than true hibernation; they can wake easily. Waking a hibernating animal uses up its fat and can kill it.

## On Mova

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