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dormant
[ dawr-muhnt ]
adjective
- lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid:
The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
Synonyms:
Antonyms: ,
- in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance:
The project is dormant for the time being.
Synonyms:
- Biology. in a state of minimal metabolic activity with cessation of growth, either as a reaction to adverse conditions or as part of an organism's normal annual rhythm.
- Pathology. (of a disease) in an inactive phase but not cured; no longer exhibiting symptoms but perhaps only temporarily. Compare latent ( def 2 ).
- undisclosed; unasserted:
dormant musical talent.
Synonyms:
- Geology. (of a volcano) not having erupted within the last 10,000 years, but having the probability of erupting again. Compare active ( def 10 ), extinct ( def 5 ).
- Botany. temporarily inactive:
dormant buds; dormant seeds.
- (of a pesticide) applied to a plant during a period of dormancy:
a dormant spray.
- Heraldry. (of an animal) represented as lying with its head on its forepaws, as if asleep.
dormant
/ 藞诲蓴藧尘蓹苍迟 /
adjective
- quiet and inactive, as during sleep
- latent or inoperative
- (of a volcano) neither extinct nor erupting
- biology alive but in a resting torpid condition with suspended growth and reduced metabolism
- usually postpositive heraldry (of a beast) in a sleeping position
dormant
- Being in an inactive state during which growth and development cease and metabolism is slowed, usually in response to an adverse environment. In winter, some plants survive as dormant seeds or bulbs, and some animals enter the dormant state of hibernation.
- Not active but capable of renewed activity. Volcanoes that have erupted within historical times and are expected to erupt again are dormant.
Derived Forms
- 藞诲辞谤尘补苍肠测, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 苍辞苍路诲辞谤路尘补苍迟 adjective
- 蝉别尘路颈路诲辞谤路尘补苍迟 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of dormant1
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Example Sentences
Wildfires are very common in the UK in early spring, with plenty of dead or dormant vegetation at the end of winter that can dry out quickly.
In fact, the regular watering that most vegetables need to thrive can be a death knell to native perennials, especially in late summer, when many go dormant.
Its seeds can lay dormant for years until intense heat and other cues from a wildfire triggers germination.
In most cases, the accounts are still open but left dormant.
Risen likens the dormant durability of such national hysteria to the illness described by Albert Camus in his 1947 novel 鈥淭he Plague.鈥
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