Hibernate
verb
To spend the winter sleeping or inactive.
Bears hibernate in the winter.
Often appears as...
- bears hibernate
- hibernating animals
verb
For computer systems or software, to go into a low-power state without completely shutting down.
I set my computer to hibernate after 30 minutes of inactivity.
Often appears as...
- hibernate mode
- hibernate after
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Technical
verb
To spend the winter sleeping or inactive.
Bears hibernate in the winter.
Often appears as...
- bears hibernate
- hibernating animals
verb
For computer systems or software, to go into a low-power state without completely shutting down.
I set my computer to hibernate after 30 minutes of inactivity.
Often appears as...
- hibernate mode
- hibernate after
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Behavior
Used for animals or insects that become inactive during colder months.
Some species of bats hibernate to survive winter.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Sleep
'Hibernate' implies a period of inactivity, not just a regular sleep.
Toads don't just sleep in mud; they hibernate.
Pro Tip 3/3Metabolic Slowdown
Hibernation involves slowing down the metabolism, not just motionlessness.
During hibernation, a groundhog's heart rate drops significantly.
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Behavior
Used for animals or insects that become inactive during colder months.
Some species of bats hibernate to survive winter.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Sleep
'Hibernate' implies a period of inactivity, not just a regular sleep.
Toads don't just sleep in mud; they hibernate.
Pro Tip 3/3Metabolic Slowdown
Hibernation involves slowing down the metabolism, not just motionlessness.
During hibernation, a groundhog's heart rate drops significantly.
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Behavior
Used for animals or insects that become inactive during colder months.
Some species of bats hibernate to survive winter.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Sleep
'Hibernate' implies a period of inactivity, not just a regular sleep.
Toads don't just sleep in mud; they hibernate.
Pro Tip 3/3Metabolic Slowdown
Hibernation involves slowing down the metabolism, not just motionlessness.
During hibernation, a groundhog's heart rate drops significantly.
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The truth about bats -...
Discourage the use of pesticides, which can harm bats when we try to feed on the insects you want to get rid of in the first place. Avoid going into caves where you might disturb hibernating bats, and always decontaminate your gear after visiting a cave. If you have unwanted bats living in an attic or barn,
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Spotting the camel...
insects such as Maude's out of the air during our recent expedition we found out that camel spiders excavate an activity of sleeping underground during extremely dry spells waiting patiently for the rains to fall day after imagine this is similar to hibernation except
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How To Keep A Grizzly...
you know it irks me to no end when your roommate accidentally goes into hibernation on the couch in the den hey you guys want to come watch football just help me move my bear first so we can use the couch it takes eight people to move a bear from the couch to the
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How Boredom Can Lead to...
Ninety percent cut down on their minutes. Seventy percent got more time to think. People told me that they slept better. They felt happier. My favorite note was from a guy who said he felt like he was waking up from a mental hibernation.
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The spear-wielding stork...
Barn swallows were said to remove their feathers and hibernate in holes, or sleep through the winter at the bottom of lakes and rivers. Aristotle’s final theory was much more reasonable, and resembled something like realistic migration.
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A Collection Of Spring...
vancouver island marmots every survivor is important for the species understanding how hibernation works is important too it may help save them every spring the male alligators put on a spectacular mating display
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Beautiful Butterfly...
constanti's discovery proved that painted ladies travel further than anyone had thought it never hibernates instead it lives its life as a restless nomad that's always on the move
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How an Arctic Squirrel...
An arctic ground squirrel. He spends his entire winter asleep. Out like a light for eight months straight the longest, deepest hibernation of any animal on earth.
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Top 5 Animals Living In...
entire winter asleep I would like a light for eight months straight the longest deepest hibernation of any animal on earth this extreme lifestyle
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How does hibernation...
Onboard the spacecraft, the astronauts preset the timer, enclose themselves in capsules, and fall into a deep hibernation
Video examples
The truth about bats -...
Discourage the use of pesticides, which can harm bats when we try to feed on the insects you want to get rid of in the first place. Avoid going into caves where you might disturb hibernating bats, and always decontaminate your gear after visiting a cave. If you have unwanted bats living in an attic or barn,
Video examples
Spotting the camel...
insects such as Maude's out of the air during our recent expedition we found out that camel spiders excavate an activity of sleeping underground during extremely dry spells waiting patiently for the rains to fall day after imagine this is similar to hibernation except
Video examples
How To Keep A Grizzly...
you know it irks me to no end when your roommate accidentally goes into hibernation on the couch in the den hey you guys want to come watch football just help me move my bear first so we can use the couch it takes eight people to move a bear from the couch to the
Video examples
How Boredom Can Lead to...
Ninety percent cut down on their minutes. Seventy percent got more time to think. People told me that they slept better. They felt happier. My favorite note was from a guy who said he felt like he was waking up from a mental hibernation.
Video examples
The spear-wielding stork...
Barn swallows were said to remove their feathers and hibernate in holes, or sleep through the winter at the bottom of lakes and rivers. Aristotle’s final theory was much more reasonable, and resembled something like realistic migration.
Video examples
A Collection Of Spring...
vancouver island marmots every survivor is important for the species understanding how hibernation works is important too it may help save them every spring the male alligators put on a spectacular mating display
Video examples
Beautiful Butterfly...
constanti's discovery proved that painted ladies travel further than anyone had thought it never hibernates instead it lives its life as a restless nomad that's always on the move
Video examples
How an Arctic Squirrel...
An arctic ground squirrel. He spends his entire winter asleep. Out like a light for eight months straight the longest, deepest hibernation of any animal on earth.
Video examples
Top 5 Animals Living In...
entire winter asleep I would like a light for eight months straight the longest deepest hibernation of any animal on earth this extreme lifestyle
Video examples
How does hibernation...
Onboard the spacecraft, the astronauts preset the timer, enclose themselves in capsules, and fall into a deep hibernation
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Deborah Mailman
Australian Actress
I like solitude. I'm very good at being disconnected. I do a lot of disappearing. People who know me go, 'Oh yeah, Mailman, she's gone into her cave again.' I'm like that, a bit of a hibernating bear. Like that crocodile that just sits there in the water and doesn't do much. I was always a bit of a dreamer as a kid, so that hasn't changed.
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Ani DiFranco
American Musician
I'm a little hibernating animal. Anonymity is one of my favorite things. I mean, that's why I moved to New York when I was like 18, because there, there are just so many people that there's no one and you're just lost. You're completely invisible and I find that very liberating.
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Kristin Cavallari
American Actress
I always give myself a three-month period where I would just hibernate and wouldn't even think about the baby weight. I would just be with my baby in my own little world. And then, once I started getting more energy and wasn't so tired, then I would hit the gym.
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Brad Leone
American Chef
Strawberries are like tomatoes for me; I just won't eat them year round. I'll happily wait for them to come into season, then I gorge like a brown bear eating salmon before hibernation.
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Carnie Wilson
American Musician
There are days where I've lost weight and I feel bigger or fatter or uglier and I want to just hibernate. I'll find every excuse not to exercise. I hate it.
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
German Scientist
The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.
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Liu Xiaobo
Chinese Critic
Appreciation has become my destiny in life. Perhaps it's the instinct of a polar bear enjoying hibernation in the vast snows.
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Cate Campbell
Australian Athlete
I really rely on sleep, and some people call me 'The Bear' for my hibernating.
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Paolo Sorrentino
Italian Director
I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind.
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Poppy Delevingne
English Model
I love to shut out the world sometimes and hibernate.
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Deborah Mailman
Australian Actress
I like solitude. I'm very good at being disconnected. I do a lot of disappearing. People who know me go, 'Oh yeah, Mailman, she's gone into her cave again.' I'm like that, a bit of a hibernating bear. Like that crocodile that just sits there in the water and doesn't do much. I was always a bit of a dreamer as a kid, so that hasn't changed.
Quote examples
Ani DiFranco
American Musician
I'm a little hibernating animal. Anonymity is one of my favorite things. I mean, that's why I moved to New York when I was like 18, because there, there are just so many people that there's no one and you're just lost. You're completely invisible and I find that very liberating.
Quote examples
Kristin Cavallari
American Actress
I always give myself a three-month period where I would just hibernate and wouldn't even think about the baby weight. I would just be with my baby in my own little world. And then, once I started getting more energy and wasn't so tired, then I would hit the gym.
Quote examples
Brad Leone
American Chef
Strawberries are like tomatoes for me; I just won't eat them year round. I'll happily wait for them to come into season, then I gorge like a brown bear eating salmon before hibernation.
Quote examples
Carnie Wilson
American Musician
There are days where I've lost weight and I feel bigger or fatter or uglier and I want to just hibernate. I'll find every excuse not to exercise. I hate it.
Quote examples
Georg C. Lichtenberg
German Scientist
The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.
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Liu Xiaobo
Chinese Critic
Appreciation has become my destiny in life. Perhaps it's the instinct of a polar bear enjoying hibernation in the vast snows.
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Cate Campbell
Australian Athlete
I really rely on sleep, and some people call me 'The Bear' for my hibernating.
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Paolo Sorrentino
Italian Director
I hibernate. I hibernate until the next project takes shape in my mind.
Quote examples
Poppy Delevingne
English Model
I love to shut out the world sometimes and hibernate.
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