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# dormant

«dormant» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not active or growing for a time, but able to become…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (dormant)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not active or growing for a time, but able to become active again, like a sleeping volcano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#m1)

2) Resting, as plants and seeds do in winter or animals in hibernation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, a dormant volcano has not erupted for a long time but could erupt again; an extinct one will not. In science, seeds and bulbs stay dormant until spring. Phrases: lie dormant, a dormant volcano.

### examples

- Mount Fuji is a dormant volcano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x1)
- The seeds lay dormant all winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x2)
- The tree is dormant in the cold months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x3)
- A dormant volcano could erupt again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x4)
- Bears are not fully dormant when they hibernate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x5)
- His talent lay dormant until he tried painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/#x6)

### note

Volcano words: active (erupting now or recently), dormant (sleeping), extinct (dead). Say «DOR-mant».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dormant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.