HIBERNATION

• (noun) the act of retiring into inactivity

  "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"

• (noun) cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals

• (noun) the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter

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