Definition of "hibernate"

hibernate

/ˈhaɪbə(r)ˌneɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present hibernates, present participle hibernating, simple past and past participle hibernated
1. (intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
  Quotations
  Organisms have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with these variations. They hibernate or estivate or migrate.
  2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 8, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company
2. (intransitive) To live in seclusion.
3. (intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
  Quotations
  Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time.
  2001, Microsoft Corp, Use Hibernate and Standby to Conserve Batteries