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• v  sleep during winter
  Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves
• v  be in an inactive or dormant state

• The deep dimples of his costar Vanessa Hudgens now loom, in microscopic close-up, like the mountain crevasses in an IMAX travelog; a bear cub could hibernate in one of them.
• Before snails hibernate, their flesh is full of small, hard particles of lime that make them less desirable in the eyes of gourmets.
• Though polar bears don't hibernate, they do retreat to dens in the winter to escape bad weather.

• hole up

• aestivate

News & Articles

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• Q Branch Triggers Release of Vesper, iOS App for Ideas
  You have lots to do each day, and that's what lists and To Do apps are for.  But when you get that brilliant bolt from the blue, or two, it needs a special place to hibernate while you fill in the details.  Vesper does that with grace, focus, and simplicity.
  June 11, 2013 - The Mac Observer

Quotes

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• Chris Martin in KBS Radio
  Martin said that the band needed to "recharge" after nearly two years of promoting their previous effort, 2005's X&Y, explaining, "We had to hibernate for a while to feel like we had anything worth doing...... The place we got to two years ago just...
• Marco van Basten in Earthtimes (press release)
  The victory was very important. We haven't had a lot of success in Europe lately,said coach Marco van Basten. "We have a very young team. The victory gives us confidence. It is great that we have the chance to hibernate in Europe."
• Mike Holmgren in Seattle Times
  I'm not going to look ahead for a little while,Holmgren said, still stuck on his second loss in three Super Bowls as a head coach. "I'm going to hibernate for a few days somewhere."