overwintered
Endured the cold
Overwintered is the past tense of overwinter, meaning to spend or survive the winter in a particular place.
The term appears most often in biology and agriculture: The geese overwintered in the coastal marshes, These bulbs can be overwintered indoors.
Plants, animals, and insects that have overwintered have made it through the cold season, often in a dormant state.
Remained alive through hardship
- persistedContinued despite difficulty
- enduredBore without yielding
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- outlastedPersisted beyond another
thrived · flourished · hardy · resilient · adapted · established · perennial · hardiness
Prolonged winter dormancy
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- diapauseInsect developmental suspension
- dormantInactive but capable
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
lethargy · burrow · den · emergence · estivation · quiescence · resting · inactive
Thin ice coating
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- iceWater's solid form
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
frigid · arctic · subzero · windchill · blizzard · hardy · cold-tolerant · mulch
survived
Remained alive through hardship
outlasted · thrived · flourished · hardy · resilient · adapted · established · perennial · hardiness · tenacity
hibernation
Prolonged winter dormancy
sleep · lethargy · burrow · den · emergence · estivation · quiescence · resting · inactive · suspended
frost
Thin ice coating
frozen · frigid · arctic · subzero · windchill · blizzard · hardy · cold-tolerant · mulch · protection
perennial
Recurring each year
greenhouse · storage · tuber · onion · leek · spinach · kale · planting · harvest · protection
monarch
Hereditary supreme ruler
bat · bear · groundhog · marmot · migration · roosting · colony · hive · nest · den
overwinteredwinterkilled
Destroyed by cold weather
perished · died off · succumbed · froze out · winter-killed