noun
- The torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter.
- Cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals.
- The act of retiring into inactivity.
- usage: "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"
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