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hibernate

verb as in lie dormant; sleep through cold weather

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After these well-meaning moments they are left alone to hibernate with their own devastation.

The insects frequently hibernate in warmed houses, and may bite during the winter.

It is thought that kangaroo rats do not hibernate but remain more or less active throughout the winter.

We cannot well believe that they hibernate, nor is the hypothesis of a sojourn in the middle strata of mid-ocean exactly tenable.

In winter they hibernate like our squirrels, passing several months underground in a kind of slow and nearly motionless existence.

The above facts proved that it was just at the season of the year when the bear was ready to hibernate.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hibernate, such as: hole up, hide, immure, sleep, vegetate, and winter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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