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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hi-ber-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɪ bərˌneɪt |
Définition of hibernate
Origin :- 1802, probably a back-formation from hibernation. Related: Hibernated; hibernating.
- verb lie dormant; sleep through cold weather
- Simply a hole to hibernate in and to sleep and eat in in summer.
- Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland
- Apparently he does not hibernate, for on sunny days he may be seen the year round.
- Extract from : « The Rocky Mountain Wonderland » by Enos A. Mills
- And besides, it is fairly certain that they, like most others of their kind, hibernate.
- Extract from : « The Shadow Passes » by Roy J. Snell
- It does not hibernate, and may be seen in winter pursuing its prey beneath the ice.
- Extract from : « Animal Life of the British Isles » by Edward Step
- The Squirrel does not hibernate, as it is said by the older writers to do.
- Extract from : « Animal Life of the British Isles » by Edward Step
- It is not believed that any of them hibernate in any stage of their existence.
- Extract from : « The Butterflies of the British Isles » by Richard South
- For the rest of the time there was nothing to do but hibernate in his log cabin.
- Extract from : « The Red One » by Jack London
- Bears, with the exception of the Polar species, hibernate in winter.
- Extract from : « Science of Trapping » by Elmer Harry Kreps
- In such cases the insect must aestivate rather than hibernate.
- Extract from : « Butterflies Worth Knowing » by Clarence M. Weed
- There are about twenty kinds of night-lizards, and many which hibernate.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8 » by Various
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