English to English adjective
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(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct | | Example: a dormant volcano
source: wordnet30
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Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation | | Example: dormant buds a hibernating bear torpid frogs
source: wordnet30
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lying with head on paws as if sleeping | | source: wordnet30
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inactive but capable of becoming active | | Example: her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened
source: wordnet30 noun
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A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." | | source: webster1913
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