dormant
Kelime Anlamı :
1. (Yanardağ) Wönmüş, özellikle geçici olarak sönmüş, aktif olmayan.
2. hareketsiz.
3. sokman.
4. uyku halinde.
5. keşfedilmemiş.
6. eylemsiz.
7. uyuşuk.
8. etkin olmayan.
9. dormant.
10. aktif olmayan.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Tanımlar :
1.
lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive.
2. latent but capable of being activated: "a harrowing experience which . . . lay dormant but still menacing” ( charles Jackson).
3. temporarily quiescent: a dormant volcano. see synonyms at inactive, latent.
4. in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes.
2. latent but capable of being activated: "a harrowing experience which . . . lay dormant but still menacing” ( charles Jackson).
3. temporarily quiescent: a dormant volcano. see synonyms at inactive, latent.
4. in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or “ sleep.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
sleeping; asleep.
2. in heraldry, lying down with its head on its fore paws, as if asleep: said of a beast used as a bearing.
3. hibernating: said of certain animals.
4. in a state of rest or inactivity; quiescent; not in action, movement, force, or operation; being or kept in abeyance: as, a dormant rebellion; a dormant title; dormant privileges.
5. A beam; a sleeper: formerly also dormond, dormant-tree. also dormer. Halliwell.
6. A dish which remains from the beginning to the end of a repast, such as cold pies, hams, and potted meats, placed down the middle of the table at a large entertainment; a centerpiece which is not removed.
7. in botany, not active or growing.
2. in heraldry, lying down with its head on its fore paws, as if asleep: said of a beast used as a bearing.
3. hibernating: said of certain animals.
4. in a state of rest or inactivity; quiescent; not in action, movement, force, or operation; being or kept in abeyance: as, a dormant rebellion; a dormant title; dormant privileges.
5. A beam; a sleeper: formerly also dormond, dormant-tree. also dormer. Halliwell.
6. A dish which remains from the beginning to the end of a repast, such as cold pies, hams, and potted meats, placed down the middle of the table at a large entertainment; a centerpiece which is not removed.
7. in botany, not active or growing.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia