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Meanings of hibernating in English

In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation.

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Usage of hibernating in English
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They were soon hibernating side by side in two large octagonal cells.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
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Maybe I have the same feeling; maybe it was hibernating in me.
The ministry of pain
3
It had been dwindling lately, but apparently it was still there, hibernating.
She, myself & i
4
Beneath this white blanket, wild snails were hibernating, snug in their burrows.
The sound of a wild snail eating
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The Io domain had been unresponsive since the Event: not hibernating, just gone.
Edge of Infinity
6
She lodges her pill underneath it, in the company of the hibernating Snail.
The Life of the Spider
7
I'll wait until tomorrow, I think, when yon hibernating bear is finally awake.
Wizard and glass
8
Several bunches were still green, hibernating their flowers for another week or two.
The Irish Times
9
The first weeks in the hospital were spent hibernating, trying to gain strength.
Blood Brothers: A Medic's Sketch Book
10
Positron emission tomography with 18FDG indicated a large periinfarction area of hibernating myocardium.
Pubmed
11
The Danes are sleeping, hibernating like bears in their winter caves.
Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune / A Tale o...
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She was like a small, tired animal hibernating in deep winter.
Impossible
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We sought to identify mechanisms for chronic dysfunction in hibernating myocardium.
Pubmed
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A nest of snakes hibernating for the winter, Arney had said.
The Young Lions
15
Cavers say it is senseless to close caves that have no hibernating bats.
Reuters
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Wouldn't it be heavenly if the hibernating system prevailed among the human young?
Dear Enemy
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common