dormant

UK /ˈdɔɹmənt/ US /ˈdɔɹmənt/

adj 3noun 1

Definitions

adj

Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.

The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months.

In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.

a lion dormant

Leaning.

noun

A crossbeam or joist.

Collocations

ADJ.

active, all, beneath, corporate, lay, longer, under

VERB + DORMANT

account, bank, become, extinguished, go, goes, lie, lies

DORMANT + NOUN

cinders, companies, extinct, friendship, layer, life, mars, superhuman

PREP.

during, in, on

ADV.

often, relatively

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — inactive but capable of becoming active

abeyant

adjective — (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct

inactive

adjective — in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

torpid

Antonyms

active

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.

Wiktionary

The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months.

Wiktionary

This volcano is dormant but not extinct.

Wiktionary

Mt. Asama is now dormant.

Tatoeba · #273346

In each of us there lies a dormant superhuman.

Tatoeba · #567913

At the end of the sleep the dormant awakes.

Tatoeba · #788345

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