hibernate

1. (intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.Examples: "Hedgehogs and bears are two of the many mammals that hibernate in winter."; "Organisms have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with these variations. They hibernate or estivate or migrate."intransitive

2. (intransitive) To live in seclusion.intransitive

3. (intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.Examples: "Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time."intransitive