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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
- Example: "dormant buds"
- Example: "a hibernating bear"
- Example: "torpid frogs"
[syn: dormant, hibernating(a), torpid]

2. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ;
- Example: "a dormant volcano"
[syn: dormant, inactive]

3. lying with head on paws as if sleeping;
[syn: dormant(ip), sleeping]

4. inactive but capable of becoming active;
- Example: "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
[syn: abeyant, dormant]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See Dormant, a.] (Arch.)
   A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of
   the other timbers rest or " sleep." --Arch. Pub. Soc. --
   Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and
   dormer. --Halliwell. Dormer


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]