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(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
n
(biology) A lethargic state that some ectothermic animals, such as many reptiles, assume during cold conditions. Partly analogous to hibernation, but physiological differences include that brumation does not depend on stored fat, but rather on reduced metabolic activity.
adj
Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
n
(economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
adj
Obsolete form of dormant. [Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.]
adj
Obsolete form of dormant. [Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.]
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Alternative spelling of aestivation [(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.]
n
(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
n
Alternative form of Hibernianism [An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.]
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Obsolete spelling of hibernate [(intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.]
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Obsolete spelling of hibernation [(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.]
n
The having not slept enough at any given time without any specification of cause. (This entry is a translation hub.)
adj
Unable to move about normally due to illness or injury, especially when confined to bed.
n
(biology) A quiescent sleeplike state in some arthropods and nematodes.
n
(archaic) sleeping sickness
n
(obsolete) Falling asleep; the condition of being asleep.
adj
Entirely asleep or unconscious.
adj
Having had too much rest and too little activity.
adj
(obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
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Alternative form of serene (“light rainfall from a cloudless sky after sunset”) [(poetic) Serenity; clearness; calmness.]
adj
Becoming torpid or numb.
adj
dormant or hibernating
n
(biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.
n
Alternative spelling of torpor [A state of being inactive or stuporous.]
n
The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended.
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