English to English
adjective
- (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
A dormant volcano.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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: Webster 1913
noun
- A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
Dormant buds.
A hibernating bear.
Torpid frogs.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lying with head on paws as if sleeping
source: WordNet 3.0
- inactive but capable of becoming active
Her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [dórmant] Nakakatulog
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
