Definition: inactive but capable of becoming active
Usage: her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
Usage: a dormant volcano
Main entry: torpid, dormant, hibernating
Definition: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
Usage: dormant buds; a hibernating bear; torpid frogs
Definition: lying with head on paws as if sleeping