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Definition of Dormant
1. Adjective. In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation. "Torpid frogs"
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Similar to: Asleep
Derivative terms: Dormancy, Dormancy, Torpidity, Torpidness
2. Adjective. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct. "A dormant volcano"
Attributes: Dormancy, Quiescence, Quiescency
Similar to: Quiescent
Antonyms: Active
Derivative terms: Dormancy, Inactiveness, Inactivity
3. Adjective. Lying with head on paws as if sleeping.
4. Adjective. Inactive but capable of becoming active. "Her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
Definition of 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.
2. n. A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."
Definition of Dormant
1. lying asleep [adj]
Medical Definition of Dormant
1. A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." . Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer. See: Dormant. 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. In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; distinguished from couchant. Dormant partner, a dormer window. See Dormer. Table dormant, a stationary table. Origin: F, p. Pr. Of dormir to sleep, from L. Dormire; cf. Gr, Skr. Dra, OSlav. Drmati. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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