dor|mant

dor|mant
dor|mant «DR muhnt», adjective.
1. sleeping or apparently sleeping; quiet as if asleep: »

Bears and other animals that hibernate are dormant during the winter.

2. inactive: »

Many volcanoes are dormant.Figurative. The artist's talent for painting was dormant until his teacher discovered it.

SYNONYM(S): quiescent. See syn. under inactive. (Cf.inactive)
3. with development suspended; not growing: »

The plants, bulbs, and seeds were dormant during winter.

4. used during the dormant period of plants: »

a dormant spray.

5. Heraldry. (of an animal) lying down with its head on its forepaws.
[< Old French dormant, present participle of dormir to sleep < Latin dormīre. See etym. of doublet dormient. (Cf.dormient)]

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