## Meanings
1. (Of some animals) to spend the winter in a deep sleep-like state to save energy.
2. (Of a computer) to enter a low-power state that saves your work without fully shutting down.

## Examples
- Bears eat as much as they can before they hibernate for the winter.
- My laptop hibernates automatically when the battery gets low.

## Derived Forms
- nonhibernating

## Related Forms
- hibernacle
- hibernaculum
- hibernal
- hibernation
- hibernator
- oversummer
- overwinter

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵʰey-

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hībernātus, perfect passive participle of hībernō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from hībernus (“wintry”).

## AI Etymology
Hibernate is borrowed from Latin hībernātus, perfect passive participle of hībernō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from hībernus (“wintry”). In present-day use, it can mean to spend the winter in a deep sleep-like state to save energy, or to enter a low-power state that saves your work without fully shutting down. Derived formations include nonhibernating.

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- Describing Qualities
- Energy & Industry
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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