To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many believe that the bear hibernates during the whole winter and subsists by mechanically sucking its paws. It is admitted that it comes out of its retirement in the spring so lean that it had to try twice before it can cast a shadow. Three or four centuries ago, in England, no fact was better attested than that swallows passed the winter months in the mud at the bottom of their brooks, clinging together in globular masses. They have apparently been compelled to give up the custom and account of the foulness of the brooks. Sotus Ecobius discovered in Central Asia a whole nation of people who hibernate. By some investigators, the fasting of Lent is supposed to have been originally a modified form of hibernation, to which the Church gave a religious significance; but this view was strenuously opposed by that eminent authority, Bishop Kip, who did not wish any honors denied to the memory of the Founder of his family.
To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.
To pass the winter in an inactive, dormant or sleep-like condition.
To pass the winter in a condition of hibernation (Morris 1992).
A term coined by Charles Darwin's grandfather (who was also a naturalist), to hibernate [from the Latin for "winter"] means to pass the winter in a state of quiescent sleep. See: DORMANT, ESTIVATE.
to pass the winter sleeping or in a dormant state
be in an inactive or dormant state
To spend the winter in a sleeplike condition of partial or total inactivity
to drastically reduce bodily activity during prolonged cold weather (usually winter), usually by entering a period of dormancy in a shelter (noun = hibernation)
the period of winter dormancy for certain organisms, characterized by a great decrease in metabolism
To be inactive during Winter. Many insects, most reptiles and amphibians, and some mammals hibernate.
to be in a state of dormancy during the winter in which metabolic activity and heart rate are reduced.
to spend the winter in a dormant state.
to become inactive or dormant.
To pass a cold season in sleep or seclusion.
to pass the winter in a resting state
to spend the winter in a closed-off area in a dormant condition, such as the grizzly bear
become inactive during cold periods of the year
to be dormant through winter. When animals hibernate they are not just sleeping. In order to conserve energy, their breathing and heart rate slow down considerably to the point that they may appear dead at first glance.
A deep state of uninterrupted sleep and inactivity
To remain dormant during the winter period.
To enter an inactive or dormant state for the winter.
to pass the winter in a dormant or inactive state with lowered metabolism and heart rate.
spend the winter in a state of dormancy in which metabolism is lowered.