Definitions for dormant
Overview of adj dormant
The adj dormant has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (0) dormant, hibernating, torpid
(in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs")
2. dormant, inactive
((of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano")
3. dormant, sleeping
(lying with head on paws as if sleeping)
4. abeyant, dormant
(inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened")
