English to English
dormant
('d/O/rm/@/nt
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adjective (a)
- 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)Example:
Dormant buds.
source: wordnet30 - inactive but capable of becoming active(adj.all)Example:
Her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened.
source: wordnet30