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Word | Dormant |
Portuguese Meaning | adormecido, dormente |
(biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; dormant buds; a hibernating bear; torpid frogs / inactive but capable of becoming active / Sleeping / sleeping; lethargic; latent / (of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep. / not doing anything at this time : not active but able to become active, | |
Usage | ⇒ A dormant volcano Dormant buds Her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened ⇒ A dormant volcano ⇒ At fifty her long-dormant ambition to write flared up once more; within a year she had completed the first of her great historical novels. ⇒ The seeds will remain dormant until the spring. ⇒ dormant butterflies ⇒ Animals lie dormant in the rainytime |
Synonyms | inactive, inert, passive, latent, lethargic, quiescent, sleeping, torpid, abeyant, comatose, idle, potential, asleep, sluggish, hibernating, inoperative, slack, listless, quiet, sleepy, |
Antonyms | active, awake, assiduous, busy, alive, astir, bustling, diligent, energetic, erect, extinct, functioning, industrious, lively, living, operational, operative, wakeful, working, employed, |
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