The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hibernate \Hi"ber*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hibernated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hibernating.] [L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr. hibernus wintry. See Hibernal.] To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.
Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the
year, in this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain.
--Southey.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: hibernate)
Usage examples of "hibernated".
The Yeibichai can be performed only after the first frost, after snakes have hibernated, only in the Season When Thunder Sleeps.
It could be performed only after the snakes had hibernated, only in the Season When Thunder Sleeps.
Already, I supposed, the troopships, with their hibernated marches, engines flaming, quiet in the near vacuum of space, burned their silent, purposeful way teward the shores of Gor.
There was evidence that they hibernated during the winters in the warm caves.