İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. hazırda bekletme, uyku moduna alma.
2. f. kış uykusuna yatmak. kis uykusuna yatmak. kışı geçir. kışı geçir. f. kış uykusuna yatmak. kış uykusuna yatmak, kışı ılıman bir yerde geçirmek, kışı uykuda geçirmek.
3. kışı uykuda geçirmek, kışı ılıman bir yerde geçirmek, kış uykusuna yatmak.
4. kış uykusuna yatmak.
5. bazı hayvanlar ile ilgili olarak kış uykusuna yatmak.
6. kışı geçir.

Etymology : Latin hibernatus, past participle of hibernare to pass the winter, from hibernus of winter; akin to Latin hiems winter, Greek cheimOn
Pronunciation : 'hI-b&r-"nAt
Function : intransitive verb
Date : circa 1802

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1. spend the winter in a dormant condition (of certain animals); spend the winter in a place with a milder climate (of people); retreat, be in seclusion, be inactive. hibernate\hi"ber*nate\ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. hibernated ; p. pr. & vb. n. hibernating .] [l. hibernare, hibernatum, fr. hibernu wintry. see: hibernal.] to winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects. inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in this uncomfortable climate of great britain.
2. To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects. sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves" be in an inactive or dormant state.
3. Animals that hibernate spend the winter in a state like a deep sleep. Dormice hibernate from October to May. if an animal hibernates, it sleeps for the whole winter (past participle of hibernare , from hibernus ).