hibernate

verb3

1. •
   To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.

   • Hedgehogs and bears are two of the many mammals that hibernate in winter.
2. •
   To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.

   • Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time. — 2001
3. •
   To live in seclusion.