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Answer for the clue "Four in a car sleep when it's warm ", 9 letters:
aestivate

Word definitions for aestivate in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
AEstivate \[AE]s"ti*vate\, v. i. [L. aestivare, aestivatum.] To spend the summer. (Zo["o]l.) To pass the summer in a state of torpor.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (alternative spelling of estivate English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate" [syn: estivate ] [ant: hibernate , hibernate ]

Usage examples of aestivate.

George: I thought you two would still be aestivating at a more popular location, letting your minds vegetate while our charmingly unpretentious hosts waited on your every biological need.

Trueminds aestivated during the decade-long hops between planetary civilizations.