What part of speech is hibernating?

Hibernating can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. hibernating is a verb, gerund of hibernate (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does hibernating mean?

Definitions

Adjective

hibernating - in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"

Verb

hibernate - sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"
hibernate - be in an inactive or dormant state

Examples of hibernating

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A hibernating bear.
2. verb The squirrel is hibernating.
3. verb This squirrel is hibernating.
4. verb Animals that hibernate in the winter also suffer from warming temperatures. Marmots, chipmunks, and bears are waking up as much as a month early. Some are not hibernating at all.
5. verb A man died after taking a selfie with a hibernating bear. It seems that the bear was awakened by the camera's flash.
6. verb Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves.
7. verb do babies this small hibernate?
8. verb They have a natural instinct to hibernate.
9. verb Why don't people hibernate?
10. verb Lactic-acid bacilli are such unyielding bacteria that, even if frozen, they would simply hibernate and can restore themselves as if they came back to life.
11. verb I used to think that only bears hibernate, but the teacher said that turtles do as well.
12. verb Bears hibernate during the winter.
13. verb Why don't men hibernate?
14. verb Many European birds hibernate in the north of Africa.
15. verb I want to hibernate.
16. verb I just want to hibernate.
Sentence  
adj.
A hibernating bear.
verb
The squirrel is hibernating.
This squirrel is hibernating.
Animals that hibernate in the winter also suffer from warming temperatures. Marmots, chipmunks, and bears are waking up as much as a month early. Some are not hibernating at all.
A man died after taking a selfie with a hibernating bear. It seems that the bear was awakened by the camera's flash.
Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves.
do babies this small hibernate?
They have a natural instinct to hibernate.
Why don't people hibernate?
Lactic-acid bacilli are such unyielding bacteria that, even if frozen, they would simply hibernate and can restore themselves as if they came back to life.
I used to think that only bears hibernate, but the teacher said that turtles do as well.
Bears hibernate during the winter.
Why don't men hibernate?
Many European birds hibernate in the north of Africa.
I want to hibernate.
I just want to hibernate.

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