Associations to the word «Dormant»

Wiktionary

DORMANT, adjective. Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
DORMANT, adjective. (heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.
DORMANT VOLCANO, noun. (geology) A volcano that has not erupted for a considerable length of time, but is still capable of erupting
DORMANT VOLCANOES, noun. Plural of dormant volcano
DORMANT WINDOW, noun. Dormer-window

Dictionary definition

DORMANT, adjective. In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs".
DORMANT, adjective. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano".
DORMANT, adjective. Lying with head on paws as if sleeping.
DORMANT, adjective. Inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened".

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.