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dormant
has definitions from the fields of biology,heraldry
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[ adjective ] (biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
Synonyms Examples "dormant buds" "a hibernating bear" "torpid frogs" Used in print ("Editorials"...)Mr._Khrushchev 's demand for a troika is dormant , not dead ; the West may or not remain satisfied with the kind of neutralism that U_Thant represents . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)The fruit is then cooled to 42 ` F. , a temperature at which it lapses into a sort_of dormant state . |
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[ adjective ] not active but capable of becoming active
Examples "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened" Related terms |
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