dormant

n. குறுக்குவிட்டம், பாவுகட்டை,(பெயரடை) உறங்குகின்ற, செயலற்ற, செயலடங்கியிருக்கிற, செயல் நிறுத்தி வைத்திருக்கிற, செடியின உயிரின வகைகளில் சறிகுயில் நிலையிலுள்ள, இயக்கம் ஒடுங்கிக் கிடக்கிற, பழக்கத்தில் இல்லாத, வழக்கற்ற, (கட்) தூங்கும் தோற்றமுடைய, முன்கால்கள்மீது தலைசாய்த்திருத்திருக்கிற.

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Dor"mant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L. dormire; cf. Gr. dra, OSlav. dr.] 1. Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles. It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people. Burke. 2. (Her.) Defn: In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant. Dormant partner (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; -- called also sleeping or silent partner. -- Dormant window (Arch.), a dormer window. See Dormer. -- Table dormant, a stationary table. [Obs.] Chaucer. Dor"mant, n. Etym: [See Dormant, a.] (Arch.) Defn: A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer. Halliwell.