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The answer HIBERNATE has 56 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of hibernate in various dictionaries:
verb - sleep during winter
verb - be in an inactive or dormant state
To pass the winter in a dormant or torpid state.
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| The poorwill is one of the few species of birds that's known to do this in the winter |
| Insects, like some locusts, migrate to areas where they do this, from the Latin for "winter" |
| Some scientists who don't think bears do this in a true sense use the term "winter lethargy" instead |
| Sleep like a bear(9) |
| Bear down & tell us it's from the Latin for "to spend the winter" |
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| (of an animal or plant) spend the winter in a dormant state. |
| To pass the winter in a dormant or torpid state. |
| To be in an inactive or dormant state or period. |
| be in an inactive or dormant state |
| sleep during winter |
| (of some animals) to spend the winter sleeping: |
| (of some animals) to spend the winter months in a state like sleep |
| Hibernate might refer to |
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| Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in endotherms. Hibernation refers to a season of heterothermy characterized by low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate. Although traditionally reserved for "deep" hibernators such as rodents, the term has been redefined to include animals such as bears and is now applied based on active metabolic suppression rather than absolute body temperature decline. Many experts believe that the processes of daily torpor and hibernation form a continuum and utilize similar mechanisms. The equivalent during the summer months is aestivation. Some reptile species (ectotherms) are said to brumate, but possible similarities between brumation and hibernation are not firmly established. Many insects, such as the wasp Polistes exclamans, exhibit periods of dormancy which have often been referred to as hibernation despite their ectothermy.Often associated with low temperatures, the function of hibernation is t |