Thesaurus: dormant

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1. 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.
2. a. In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant.
3. a. A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."
4. adj. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
5. adj. (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct
6. adj. lying with head on paws as if sleeping
7. adj. inactive but capable of becoming active
8. 1. 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. It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people. Burke. 2. (Her.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant. Dormant partner (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; -- called also sleeping or silent partner. -- Dormant window (Arch.), a dormer window. See Dormer. -- Table dormant, a stationary table. [Obs.] Chaucer. A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer. Halliwell.
9. In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguishedfrom couchant. Dormant partner (Com.), a partner who takes no sharein the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitledto a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; --called also sleeping or silent partner.-- Dormant window (Arch.), a dormer window. See Dormer.-- Table dormant, a stationary table. [Obs.] Chaucer.
10. j:100 s. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation a. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct s. lying with head on paws as if sleeping