different between hibernate vs torpid

English

Alternative forms

• hivernate, hybernate (both obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin h?bern?tus, from h?bern?re, from h?bernus (“winter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?b??ne?t/

Verb

hibernate (third-person singular simple present hibernates, present participle hibernating, simple past and past participle hibernated)

1. (intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.

2. (intransitive) To live in seclusion.
3. (intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
   • 2001, Microsoft Corp, Use Hibernate and Standby to Conserve Batteries

     Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time.

Antonyms

• aestivate, estivate

Related terms

• hibernal
• hibernation
• hibernator

Translations

See also

• oversummer
• overwinter

Anagrams

• breathe in, inbreathe

Latin

Verb

h?bern?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of h?bern?

English

Etymology

From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).

Adjective

torpid (comparative more torpid, superlative most torpid)

1. unmoving
2. dormant or hibernating
3. lazy, lethargic or apathetic

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:torpid.

Synonyms

• (unmoving): motionless, stock-still; see also Thesaurus:stationary
• (dormant): latent, quiescent; see also Thesaurus:inactive
• (lazy, lethargic or apathetic): lethargic; see also Thesaurus:slow or Thesaurus:lazy

Related terms

• torpidity
• torpidness

Related terms

• torpor
• torpedo

Translations

Noun

torpid (plural torpids)

1. (Britain, Oxford University slang) An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.

Anagrams

• tripod

Romanian

Etymology

From French torpide, from Latin torpidus.

Adjective

torpid m or n (feminine singular torpid?, masculine plural torpizi, feminine and neuter plural torpide)

1. torpid

Declension