hibernation

UK /ˌhaɪ.bəːˈneɪ.ʃən/ US /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈneɪ.ʃən/

noun 3

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(noun.)

ADJ

long | winter

VERB + HIBERNATION

go into

Bears go into hibernation during the winter months to survive the cold.

emerge from

PREP

in ~

Many bears enter hibernation during the coldest months of the year.

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noun

A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.

The bears are in hibernation.

The bears come out of hibernation in March.

A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.

A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and completely power off the computer, in order that one will resume the session from the disk.

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The bears are in hibernation.

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The bears come out of hibernation in March.

Wiktionary

If you consider the objective of hibernation, I think it's the response of animals trying to somehow survive the winter season with its lack of food.

Tatoeba · #533242

He should be put into hibernation!

Tatoeba · #1672726

She should be put into hibernation!

Tatoeba · #1672728

It should be put into hibernation!

Tatoeba · #1672733

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