hi·ber·nate

[hi-ber-neyt]
verb (used without object), hi·ber·nat·ed, hi·ber·nat·ing.
1.
Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
2.
to withdraw or be in seclusion; retire.
3.
to winter in a place with a milder climate: Each winter finds us hibernating in Florida.

Origin:
1795–1805; < Latin hībernātus (past participle of hībernāre to spend the winter). See hibernal, -ate1

hi·ber·na·tion, noun
hi·ber·na·tor, noun
post·hi·ber·na·tion, adjective
sem·i·hi·ber·na·tion, noun

estivate, hibernate.
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hibernate (ˈhaɪbəˌneɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  Compare aestivate (of some mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) to pass the winter in a dormant condition with metabolism greatly slowed down
2.  to cease from activity
 
[C19: from Latin hībernāre to spend the winter, from hībernus of winter, from hiems winter]
 
hiber'nation
 
n
 
'hibernator
 
n

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Example sentences
Others hibernate or become dormant in the cold of the winter.
They hibernate primarily in deep vertical caves with large rooms acting as cold
  air traps.
During the cold winter months, speckled rattlesnakes hibernate, often in dens
  containing other rattlesnakes.
They dig burrows under rocks and logs, and retreat to those burrows to
  hibernate during the cold winter months.
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