Dormant

Gujarati Meaning

નિષ્ક્રિય

સુષુપ્ત

English Meaning

  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.