Hibernate

v. i. [imp. & p. p. HIBERNATED; p. pr. & vb. n. HIBERNATING.] [Lat. hibernare, hibernatum, from hibernus. See supra.] To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, or in seclusion, as birds or beasts.

Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain. Southey.

n. [Gr. ὕαλος, glass, and τύπος, representation.] A photographic positive picture on glass, copied from negatives. R. Hunt. Hÿ-bĕr'na-cle, Hÿ'bĕr-nāte, Hÿ'bĕr-nā'tion. See HIBERNACLE, HIBERNATE, HIBERNATION.