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US
/ˈdɔɹmənt/
]
[ UK /dˈɔːmənt/ ]
[ UK /dˈɔːmənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
torpid frogs
a hibernating bear
dormant buds - lying with head on paws as if sleeping
-
inactive but capable of becoming active
her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened -
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
a dormant volcano
How To Use dormant In A Sentence
- Kirkland is a lovely city nestled on Lake Washington, with views of the water, the Seattle skyline, and of course Mount Rainier, which is by far the area's most impressive and hopefully most dormant volcano. Archive 2007-10-01
- It was not unknown for an unexploded portion of an old charge to remain dormant but active for years under such conditions.
- Dormant until today, the Olympic tennis stadium suddenly erupted when the Greek heroine came from a set down to gain momentum in the second session.
- All retroviruses are similar, and our genome is full of dormant retroviruses - over 2 percent of the genome is retroviral.
- Finally, circuits in his brain that had long been dormant lit up. Times, Sunday Times
- They may arise from dormant seeds, or colonise by windblown seeds.
- If the catkins remain dormant when the pistillate flowers bloom, they have been winterkilled, and the bent down reserves have to be called up. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948
- Feed herbs once a week when plants are actively growing, but not when dormant.
- These could be courses in the bottom of dormant volcanoes, on isolated islands, or atop unfathomably high mountaintops.
- Standards of plants not requiring dormant cycles, such as bougainvillea, hibiscus, ivies or geraniums, have a simple winter culture.