Dormant

n.

1.

(Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."

Adj.	1.	dormant - of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano" Synonyms: inactive Antonyms: active - (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos" extinct, inactive - of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
	2.	dormant - lying with head on paws as if sleeping Synonyms: sleeping
	3.	dormant - in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" Synonyms: hibernating, torpid
	4.	dormant - not active but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"

abeyant, apathetic, asleep, at rest, benumbed, between the lines, blase, bored, cataleptic, catatonic, comatose, concealed, contemplative, covert, cryptic, dead, dead asleep, debilitated, deep asleep, delitescent, do-nothing, dopey, droopy, drugged, dull, enervated, esoteric, exanimate, fast asleep, flaked-out, flat, foul, groggy, heavy, hebetudinous, hibernating, hidden, immobile, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inanimate, jaded, lackadaisical, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, logy, lumpish, lurking, meditative, moribund, motionless, muffled, mystic, neuter, neutral, numb, obfuscated, oblivious, obscured, occult, out, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, phlegmatic, pooped, possible, potential, procrastinating, quiescent, quiet, quietist, quietistic, resting, sated, sedentary, slack, sleeping, sleepy, slow, sluggish, slumbering, slumberous, smoldering, somnolent, sound asleep, stagnant, stagnating, standing, standpat, static, stationary, still, stultified, submerged, supine, suspended, tame, torpid, unaroused, unconscious, under the surface, underlying, undisclosed, unexpressed, unmanifested, unmoving, unrevealed, vegetable, vegetative, veiled, virtual, wan, weary, world-weary

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