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DORMANT definition: 1. Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a later…. Learn more.
1. heraldry : represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws. 2. : marked by a suspension of activity: such as. a. : temporarily devoid of external activity. a dormant volcano. b. : temporarily in abeyance yet capable of being activated. seeds will remain dormant until spring. reawaken her dormant emotions. 3. a.
Being in an inactive state during which growth and development cease and metabolism is slowed, usually in response to an adverse environment. In winter, some plants survive as dormant seeds or bulbs, and some animals enter the dormant state of hibernation.
DORMANT meaning: 1. Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a later…. Learn more.
Definition of dormant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dormant comes from French dormir, "to sleep," and it refers to living things that are on a break rather than things that have died. Being dormant is being temporarily at rest, although sometimes, as with some cancer cells, things become permanently — and thankfully — dormant.
Something that is dormant is not active, growing, or being used at the present time but is capable of becoming active later on.
DORMANT definition: not active or developing now, but possibly active in the future: . Learn more.
Something that is dormant is not active, growing, or being used at the present time but is capable of becoming active later on. [...]
Origin dormant (1300-1400) French present participle of dormir “to sleep”, from Latin dormire. dormant meaning, definition, what is dormant: not active or not growing at the present...: Learn more.
