hibernation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter
Types & categories
- torpidity hypernym
Related & opposite
- hibernate derivation
Sense 2 noun
cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
Types & categories
- quiescence hypernym
Related & opposite
- hibernate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of retiring into inactivity
he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years
Types & categories
- retirement hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hibernate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | torpidity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hibernate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | quiescence |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | retirement |