estivating Synonyms
Strongest:
- hibernating
- loafing
- pottering-around-
- bumming
- lazing
- droning
- dozing
- kicking-around
- hanging-about
- puttering-around-
- dawdling
- idling
- kicking-back
- fiddling-around-
- vegging-out
- hacking-around-
- messing
- goofing-off-
- lounging
- hanging-around-or-out-
Strong:
- sleeping
- lolling
- dallying
- lazying
- relaxing
- lagging
- resting
- playing
- loitering
- dillydallying
- piddling
- monkeying
- fooling
- trifling
- mucking
- chilling
- footling
- lingering
Weak:
estivating Meaning
estivating
to pass the summer in a state of torpor or dormancy
estivating Sentence Examples
- The alligator was estivating beneath the dried-up riverbed to endure the scorching summer.
- To escape the searing heat, the lizard retreated to a burrow and entered an estivating state.
- The aestivating snails clung to the underside of rocks, their shells tightly sealed to conserve moisture.
- As the desert landscape became barren and dry, the amphibians gathered in communal burrows for estivation.
- The frog's body temperature plummeted as it estivated beneath a pile of damp leaves.
- The fish species had evolved to aestivate in the small pools that remained during the peak of summer.
- The tortoise dug a shallow pit and burrowed deep to estivate for several months.
- Researchers observed the estivating behavior of the scorpion in order to understand its adaptation to extreme heat.
- The estivating bees huddled together in a cool, shaded hive to conserve energy.
- Wildlife conservationists monitored the estivating patterns of the endangered lizard to ensure its survival.
FAQs About the word estivating
to pass the summer in a state of torpor or dormancy
hibernating, loafing, pottering (around), bumming, lazing, droning, dozing, kicking around, hanging about, puttering (around)
pegging, grinding, plodding, humping, applying, plowing, toiling, hustling, grubbing, laboring
The alligator was estivating beneath the dried-up riverbed to endure the scorching summer.
To escape the searing heat, the lizard retreated to a burrow and entered an estivating state.
The aestivating snails clung to the underside of rocks, their shells tightly sealed to conserve moisture.
As the desert landscape became barren and dry, the amphibians gathered in communal burrows for estivation.
