[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hibernate.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / hibernate

[← H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/H/)

# hibernate

«hibernate» in Mova's school dictionary: **Of an animal: to spend the winter in a deep sleep-like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (hibernate, hibernates, hibernated, hibernating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Of an animal: to spend the winter in a deep sleep-like state, with the body slowed down and cold, to save energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#m1)

2) (of a computer) To switch to a power-saving state that keeps your work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, hibernation is an adaptation to winter, when food is scarce: hedgehogs, dormice, bats, some squirrels and frogs hibernate; the heart beats slowly and the body lives on stored fat. Bears go into a lighter winter sleep. If you find a hibernating animal, do not wake it. Phrases: «go into hibernation», «hibernate through the winter».

### examples

- Hedgehogs hibernate in piles of leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x1)
- Before they hibernate, animals eat lots of food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x2)
- Bats hibernate in caves and lofts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x3)
- A hibernating animal breathes very slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x4)
- Don't disturb a hibernating hedgehog in a bonfire pile — check before lighting it! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x5)
- Bears sleep through the winter, but not as deeply as true hibernators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x6)
- Some frogs hibernate in mud at the bottom of ponds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x7)
- I wish I could hibernate until the summer! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hibernate/#x8)

### note

Noun: «hibernation». Not just «sleep»: the body temperature drops and the animal is very hard to wake. In hot dry places, some animals do the same in summer; that is called «aestivation» (estivation).

### In the corpora

- [The hazel dormouse can hibernate for six months or more, after fattening up on hazelnuts and berries in autumn.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/55-sleep-and-hibernation/7/)
- [Mediterranean tortoises hibernate, and owners guided by a vet keep them steady at about 5 degrees so they neither wake early nor freeze.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/55-sleep-and-hibernation/16/)
- [Ali skips the glossary and then gets stuck on «hibernate»: it means a long winter sleep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/15/)
- [Hedgehogs are small mammals with spines that eat insects, worms and slugs and hibernate in winter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/31/)
- [A tortoise should hibernate only as a vet advises, because wrong hibernation can make it very ill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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