overwinteren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hibernate verb For an animal to spend winter in a dormant, low-energy state.
- overwinter verb To keep or preserve for the winter.
Senses
overwinteren is used for these senses in English:
- hibernate (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.
- overwinter (intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).
hibernate — full definition
- verb For an animal to spend winter in a dormant, low-energy state.
- verb For a computer to enter a power-saving mode that saves its current state to disk.
overwinter — full definition
- verb To keep or preserve for the winter.
- verb To spend the winter (in a particular place).