- 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. 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 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 Source: ecdict
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