Relative of hibernate

• Stay inactive over the summer
• Opposite of hibernate
• Spend the summer
• Snooze through the summer
• Take a summer rental, perhaps

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context intransitive English) To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months. vb. (context intransitive English) To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.

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

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to spend the summer," 1650s, from Latin aestivatus , past participle of aestivare "to spend the summer," from aestus "heat," aestas "summer," literally "the hot season," from Proto-Italic *aissat- , from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (see edifice ). Related: Estivated ...

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.