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Third Person
hibernates
Present Participle
hibernating
Past Tense
hibernated
Past Participle
hibernated
1
(of some animals or plants) to spend the winter sleeping deeply
- Bears hibernate in caves during the cold winter months to conserve energy.
- Some reptiles hibernate in burrows to survive the harsh winter conditions.
- The groundhog's shadow is said to predict how long it will hibernate.
- Dormice are known to hibernate in nests hidden away in tree hollows or underground tunnels.
- Ground squirrels hibernate in their burrows, where they enter a state of deep torpor to survive the winter.
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2
be in an inactive or dormant state