hibernation

hibernation has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• n.. The act or state of hibernating.
• n.. the act of retiring into inactivity; "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"
• n.. cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
• n.. the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter