dormant

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. Source: opted

2. a. In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant. Source: opted

3. a. A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." Source: opted

4. adj. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation Source: wordnet

5. adj. (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct Source: wordnet

6. adj. lying with head on paws as if sleeping Source: wordnet

7. adj. inactive but capable of becoming active Source: wordnet

8. 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 Source: ecdict

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