dormant state
Life on pause
A dormant state is a condition of suspended activity or development.
Seeds remain in a dormant state until conditions favor germination.
Animals enter dormant states during hibernation.
The phrase applies to anything temporarily inactive: The volcano has been in a dormant state for centuries, The project sat in a dormant state while we secured funding.
- hibernationProlonged winter dormancy
- deep sleepUnconsciousness hard to rouse
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
- latentPresent but inactive
- inactiveNot currently functioning
suspended · torpor · coma · suspended animation · quiescent · slumber · stillness · waiting · biding time · waiting game · seeds · cocoon · frozen · long winter · buried · underground · rest · pause
dormant statewakefulness
State of being conscious
waking state · alertness · vigilance · attentiveness · consciousness
dormant stateactive growth
Current
flourishing · germination · thriving · flowering · blooming
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