AESTIVATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aestivate mean? 

• AESTIVATE (verb)
  The verb AESTIVATE has 1 sense:

1. sleep during summer

  Familiarity information: AESTIVATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AESTIVATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they aestivate    ... he / she / it aestivates   
Past simple: aestivated   
Past participle: aestivated   
-ing form: aestivating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sleep during summer

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

aestivate; estivate

Context example:

certain animals estivate

Hypernyms (to "aestivate" is one way to...):

catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber (be asleep)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

hibernate (sleep during winter)

Derivation:

aestivation ((zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period)