dormant

Definition

  • adjective: not doing anything at this time
  • adjective: represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws
  • used of plant parts
  • synonyms: sleeping, inactive, unerect

Examples

  • The seeds will 'remain/lie dormant' until the spring.

  • Her emotions have 'lain dormant' for many years.

  • a 'dormant' volcano

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) There was another spore, intact, found in the Philippian mine. But we intercepted it. We ran every test on it for years. You confirmed it for yourself, it was... it was dormant! Maybe not anymore. This spore, where is it now, doctor? It was highly radioactive. It was disposed of... (..)
    2014 Godzilla
  • (..) of another giant animal in the Philippines, like Godzilla. But this creature died long ago, killed by these. Parasitic spores. One dormant, but the other hatched, catalyzed when a mining company unknowingly drilled into its tomb. The hatchling burrowed straight to the nearest source of radiation, (..)
    2014 Godzilla
  • (..) but complex, like two minds arguing with each other. There are things in me, things I was designed to do that are just out of my reach. They almost seem to be dormant. Who is Arnold? I don't know, sweetheart, but whatever parts of you are dormant are gonna stay that way. All Lutz here can do is (..)
    2016 TvShow: Westworld Title: Trace Decay Season: 1 Episode 8