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Meanings of hibernate in English

Portuguese
hibernar
Catalan
hivernar
Spanish
invernar

Sleep during winter.

hibernar
Synonyms
Examples for "hole up"
Examples for "hole up"
1
Was it best to hide in that hole up there, after all?
Quill's Window
2
Thought you'd hole up, you damned fox, where I wouldn't find you.
Man-Size
3
More likely they're hittin' the trail for Palo Duro to hole up.
Oh, You Tex!
4
With their own water supply they could probably hole up for weeks.'
Blood harvest
5
Partway along, she takes time out to hole up in the toilet.
The Jennifer Morgue
Usage of hibernate in English
1
What would human hibernation look like, and why can't we hibernate already?
Wired
2
Tony Hickey of the University of Auckland answers: Why don't humans hibernate?
Radio NZ
3
To hibernate, the little mammals wrap their rounded wings around their bodies.
BBC
4
Lord, if I could only hibernate for three months, like a bear!
The Lure of the Mask
5
Other sports may hibernate at this time of year: rowing can go indoors.
The Irish Times
6
Sotus Ecobius discovered in Central Asia a whole nation of people who hibernate.
The Devil's Dictionary
7
If you decide to hibernate, be aware: hibernation is not risk-free.
The Guardian
8
Plume moths hibernate in winter but can emerge on fine days.
The Irish Times
9
Residents often tend to hibernate during this season, with little sociable activity happening.
The South African
10
On a side note, some biologists say bears don't technically hibernate.
Wired
11
But do animals sink back into the swamp when they hibernate?
The Guardian
12
It might hibernate from time to time and sink back into the swamp.
The Guardian
13
On that note, we will hibernate until we catch up with the Devourer.
Devourer
14
Bears hibernate in winter, but are often out until the first snows come.
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
15
These guys don't hibernate or burrow like their ground squirrel cousins.
Wired
16
Simply a hole to hibernate in and to sleep and eat in in summer.
The Arena, Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891
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Translations for hibernate
Portuguese
hibernar
Hibernate through the time
Hibernate across language varieties
United Kingdom
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