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 →

2) (of a computer) To switch to a power-saving state that keeps your work. tree →

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 →
• Before they hibernate, animals eat lots of food. tree →
• Bats hibernate in caves and lofts. tree →
• A hibernating animal breathes very slowly. tree →
• Don't disturb a hibernating hedgehog in a bonfire pile — check before lighting it! tree →
• Bears sleep through the winter, but not as deeply as true hibernators. tree →
• Some frogs hibernate in mud at the bottom of ponds. tree →
• I wish I could hibernate until the summer! tree →

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.
• Mediterranean tortoises hibernate, and owners guided by a vet keep them steady at about 5 degrees so they neither wake early nor freeze.
• Ali skips the glossary and then gets stuck on «hibernate»: it means a long winter sleep.
• Hedgehogs are small mammals with spines that eat insects, worms and slugs and hibernate in winter.
• A tortoise should hibernate only as a vet advises, because wrong hibernation can make it very ill.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hibernate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.