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Meaning of dormant

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dormant
      adj 1: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
             "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
             [syn: {dormant}, {hibernating(a)}, {torpid}]
      2: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant
         volcano" [syn: {dormant}, {inactive}] [ant: {active}]
      3: lying with head on paws as if sleeping [syn: {dormant(ip)},
         {sleeping}]
      4: inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of
         affection are dormant but easily awakened" [syn: {abeyant},
         {dormant}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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