Definition of dormant

adjective (a)

• (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct (adj.all)

  Synonym: inactive
  Antonym: active
  

  Example:
  A dormant volcano.
  

  source: wordnet30
• Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." (noun)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation (adj.all)

  Synonym: hibernating, torpid
  

  Example:
  Dormant buds.
  

  source: wordnet30
• lying with head on paws as if sleeping (adj.all)

  Synonym: sleeping
  

  source: wordnet30
• inactive but capable of becoming active (adj.all)

  Synonym: abeyant
  

  Example:
  Her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened.
  

  source: wordnet30

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