DORMANT


Meaning of DORMANT in English

adj.1 lying inactive as in sleep; sleeping.

2 a (of a volcano etc.) temporarily inactive. b (of potential faculties etc.) in abeyance.

3 (of plants) alive but not actively growing.

4 Heraldry (of a beast) lying with its head on its paws.

Derivatives:

dormancy n.

Etymology: ME f. OF, pres. part. of dormir f. L dormire sleep

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.