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Definition: Hibernate |
HibernateVerb1. Sleep during winter, as of certain animals, such as bears. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hibernate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references) |
Note: Hibernate \Hi"ber*nate\, intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Hibernated; present participle verb or noun Hibernating.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | HIBERNATE, v.i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many believe that the bear hibernates during the whole winter and subsists by mechanically sucking its paws. It is admitted that it comes out of its retirement in the spring so lean that it had to try twice before it can cast a shadow. Three or four centuries ago, in England, no fact was better attested than that swallows passed the winter months in the mud at the bottom of their brooks, clinging together in globular masses. They have apparently been compelled to give up the custom and account of the foulness of the brooks. Sotus Ecobius discovered in Central Asia a whole nation of people who hibernate. By some investigators, the fasting of Lent is supposed to have been originally a modified form of hibernation, to which the Church gave a religious significance; but this view was strenuously opposed by that eminent authority, Bishop Kip, who did not wish any honors denied to the memory of the Founder of his family. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: HibernateSynonym: hole up (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: estivate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inactivity | Sleep, slumber, be asleep; hibernate; oversleep; sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse; sleep soundly, heavily; doze, drowze, snooze, nap; take a nap; Noun: dream; snore one's best; settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep; doze off, drop off; fall asleep; drop asleep; close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids; weigh down the eyelids; get sleep, nod, yawn; go to bed, turn; get some z's, stack z's. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hibernate |
| English words defined with "hibernate": Hibernated, Hybernation. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hibernate": HIBERNATE. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "hibernate": Hibernacle. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If scientists can discover how animals hibernate without experiencing brain damage, then maybe they can discover ways to stop the brain damage associated with decreased blood flow in stroke patients. (references) | |
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| "Hibernate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Hibernate" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 75% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 25% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "hibernate": half-hibernate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hibernate | 46 |
hibernate window xp | 6 |
hibernate java | 5 |
hibernate xp | 4 |
hibernate linux | 4 |
hibernate window | 3 |
animal that hibernate | 3 |
animal hibernate | 3 |
hibernate skechers | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hibernate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vërroj (winter), prehem (bask, repose, rest), lëshohem (be launched, cave in, fail, flag, flop, go down, lag, languish, rush on, stoop, unwind), bie në letargji, bie në gjumë për dimër. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نام (doss, fall asleep, go to sleep, sleep, slumber, vegetative), سبت في فصل الشتاء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спя зимен сън, зимувам (winter), бездействувам (be inactive, drift, idle, screw around, sit back, sleep, slumber, twiddle one's thumbs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 蟄 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přezimovat (winter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | at overvintre (to hibernate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | overwinteren (hibernation, overwintering, to hibernate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | زمستان رادربیهوشی بسربردن(ج.ش.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | olla talvihorroksissa (lie dormant), maata talviunessa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hiberner (to hibernate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | überwintern (overwinter, to hibernate, winter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παραχειμάζω (winter), ληθαργώ, διαχειμάζω (winter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לחרוף (spend the winter, winter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | téli álmot alszik, áttelel (overwinter, to overwinter, winter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tidur di musin dingin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | svernare (winter), passare l'inverno in letargo, ibernare (to hibernate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | geuraghey (winter, wintering), ceau yn geurey (winter), cadley yn geurey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | gå i hi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ibernatehay hibernal (brumal). (various references) hiberna (winter), ierna (winter). (various references) зимовать в теплых краях, быть в бездействии. (various references) hibernirati, zimovati (spend the winter). (various references) hibernar. (various references) övervintra (winter). (various references) (สัตว์) จำศีลในฤ"ูหนาว. (various references) kışı uykuda geçirmek, kışı ılıman bir yerde geçirmek, kış uykusuna yatmak. (various references) зимувати (winter), бути бездіяльним. (various references) gaeafu (winter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hibernate": hibernated, hibernates. (additional references) | |
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"Hibernate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hiberniae, hibernite, hibernte, hibrnate, hymerkaet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hibernate" (pronounced hī"bernā't) |
| 3 | -n ā' t | agglutinate, alienate, assassinate, carbonate, chlorinate, concatenate, contaminate, culminate, decaffeinate, decontaminate, denominate, designate, determinate, detonate, discriminate, disseminate, dominate, donate, eliminate, emanate, exterminate, fascinate, fulminate, germinate, halogenate, hydrogenate, hyphenate, illuminate, impersonate, impregnate, incriminate, indoctrinate, inseminate, insubordinate, isocyanate, italianate, marinate, nominate, originate, oxygenate, pollinate, predominate, procrastinate, reincarnate, rejuvenate, renominate, resonate, ruminate, stagnate, subordinate, terminate, titanate, urinate. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: inbreathe. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-h-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: herniate, thebaine. | |
-2 letters: arenite, beneath, betaine, breathe, earthen, hairnet, hearten, herniae, inearth, neither, retinae, therein, trainee. | |
-3 letters: aether, anther, baiter, banter, barite, bather, beanie, beaten, beater, berate, bertha, binate, breath, either, entera, entire, ethane, heater, henbit, hereat, herein, hernia, hinter, inhere, neater, nether, ratine, rebait, rebate, reheat, retain, retina, retine, teniae, terbia, theine. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-h-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: hibernated, hibernates, inbreathed, inbreathes. | |
+2 letters: breathiness, inheritable, reinhabited. | |
+3 letters: featherbrain. | |
+4 letters: breathinesses, featherbrains, heartbreaking, interbehavior, overbreathing. | |
+5 letters: bigheartedness, bronchiectases, charitableness, featherbedding, featherbrained, halterbreaking, interbehaviors, overbreathings, phenobarbitone, reestablishing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 69 62 65 72 6E 61 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .. -... . .-. -. .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101001 01100010 01100101 01110010 01101110 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H i b e r n a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0069 0062 0065 0072 006E 0061 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)427568718480678671 |
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