The meaning of Quiescent

adjective

In a state of sleep.

Usage examples:

She had been asleep for over three hours

adjective

Sleeping or not awake

Usage examples:

I fell asleep (= began to sleep) while watching television., i didn’t hear the phone – i was fast/s…

verb

Make (something) inactive by disconnecting or destroying it.

Usage examples:

The switch deactivates the alarm

verb

Past simple and past participle of deactivate

Usage examples:

All chemical weapons facilities will be deactivated.

adjective

(of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.

Usage examples:

Dormant butterflies

adjective

(of things) not active or growing, but having the ability to be active at a later time

Usage examples:

A dormant volcano, most roses being sold now are dormant, and without any soil around their roots.

adjective

Not active or growing now, but having the ability to become active in the future

Usage examples:

Authorities reopened a dormant investigation of the company., lie/remain/sit dormant the legislatio…

adjective

(of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility or to avoid surplus production.

Usage examples:

Incentives for farmers to let land lie fallow

noun

A piece of fallow land.

Usage examples:

A great estate was usually divided between fallows, grazed stubble, and wheat

verb

Leave (land) fallow for a period.

Usage examples:

Fallow the ground for a week or so after digging

adjective

(of a person) avoiding work; lazy.

Usage examples:

Idle students

verb

Spend time doing nothing.

Usage examples:

Four men were idling outside the shop

adjective

Not working, not active, or doing nothing

Usage examples:

Idle factories, the machines are standing idle because there are no spare parts., idle speculation,…

adjective

Not moving; motionless.

Usage examples:

She sat immobile for a long time

adjective

Not moving, or not able to move or be moved

Usage examples:

He is in a cast to keep his spine immobile., the brace immobilized my elbow while the injury healed.

adjective

Not engaging in or involving any or much physical activity.

Usage examples:

An inactive lifestyle

adjective

Doing nothing

Usage examples:

Knee surgery will keep him physically inactive for two months., about half of the club members are …

adjective

Doing nothing or not doing what you have usually done

Usage examples:

An inactive member of an advisory board, voters who have not participated in an election in three y…

adjective

Lacking the ability or strength to move.

Usage examples:

She lay inert in her bed

adjective

Not moving or not able to move

Usage examples:

The inert figure of a man lay in the front of the car., an inert gas

adjective

Not working or taking effect.

Usage examples:

The act may be rendered inoperative

adjective

If a law or rule is inoperative, it does not have any effect and cannot be used

Usage examples:

Legislation to repeal inoperative provisions in the tax law was approved., make/render sth inoperat…

adjective

(of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed.

Usage examples:

They have a huge reserve of latent talent

adjective

Present, but not yet active, developed, or obvious

Usage examples:

Latent ethnic tensions exploded into the open yesterday.

adjective

Present, but not yet active, developed, or obvious

Usage examples:

Latent capability/talent/skill

adjective

Affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic.

Usage examples:

I felt tired and a little lethargic

adjective

Lacking in energy; feeling unwilling or unable to do anything

adjective

Not moving; stationary.

Usage examples:

An eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground

adjective

Not moving

Usage examples:

He looks made of stone, utterly motionless (= completely without movement).

adjective

Without moving

Usage examples:

The horse lay motionless on the ground, as if dead.

adjective

Accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance.

Usage examples:

The women were portrayed as passive victims

noun

Denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. they were killed as opposed to the active form he killed them ).

Lacking in energy or will

adjective

Making little or no noise.

Usage examples:

The car has a quiet, economical engine

noun

Absence of noise or bustle; silence; calm.

Usage examples:

The ringing of the telephone shattered the early morning quiet

verb

Make or become silent, calm, or still.

Usage examples:

There are ways of quieting kids down

adjective

Slow-moving or inactive.

Usage examples:

A sluggish stream

verb

Sleep.

Usage examples:

Sleeping beauty slumbered in her forest castle

noun

A sleep.

Usage examples:

Scaring folk from their slumbers

verb

Present participle of slumber

adjective

(of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence.

Usage examples:

A stagnant ditch

adjective

Not moving or making a sound.

Usage examples:

The still body of the young man

noun

Deep silence and calm; stillness.

Usage examples:

The still of the night

adverb

Up to and including the present or the time mentioned; even now (or then) as formerly.

Usage examples:

He still lives with his mother

adjective

Mentally or physically inactive; lethargic.

Usage examples:

We sat around in a torpid state

plural noun

(at oxford university) a series of races for eight-oared rowing boats held in hilary term.

Usage examples:

In my first year i rowed in torpids

adjective

Not active; moving or thinking slowly, especially as a result of being lazy or feeling that you want to sleep

Usage examples:

If you have a sudden loss of cabin pressure at 20,000 feet, passengers will become torpid and then …