dormant
Use Dormant in a sentence
mənt adjective
1.
lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
2.
in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance: The project is dormant for the time being.
3.
Biology. in a state of minimal metabolic activity with cessation of growth, either as a reaction to adverse conditions or as part of an organism's normal annual rhythm.
4.
undisclosed; unasserted: dormant musical talent.
5.
(of a volcano) not erupting.
6.
Botany. temporarily inactive: dormant buds; dormant seeds.
7.
(of a pesticide) applied to a plant during a period of dormancy: a dormant spray.
8.
Heraldry. (of an animal) represented as lying with its head on its forepaws, as if asleep.
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| a mature sexual reproductive cell, such as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism |
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World English Dictionary
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| —adj | |
| 1. | quiet and inactive, as during sleep |
| 2. | latent or inoperative |
| 3. | (of a volcano) neither extinct nor erupting |
| 4. | biology alive but in a resting torpid condition with suspended growth and reduced metabolism |
| 5. | (usually postpositive) heraldry (of a beast) in a sleeping position |
| [C14: from Old French dormant, from dormir to sleep, from Latin dormīre] | |
| 'dormancy | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dormant
late 14c., from O.Fr. dormant, prp. of dormir "to sleep," from L. dormire "to sleep," from I.E. base *dre- "to sleep" (cf. O.C.S. dremati "to sleep, doze," Gk. edrathon "I slept," Skt. drati "sleeps").
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Science Dictionary
dormant (dôr'mənt) Pronunciation Key
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Example sentences
The country is home to both inactive and dormant volcanoes, and is prone to earthquakes.
It's normally present as part of a larger protein in a muscle cell's outer membrane, where it lies dormant and inactive.
To grow these beauties, it's best to go to a good nursery in early March and pick out a healthy dormant rhizome.
The plant will go dormant through winter but bounce back for one more season the following summer.
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