Cave

Etymology 1
, from cave:, from  cava:, from cavus:, from  (compare  cúas:, from  (compare  kor:,  cup:,  κύαρ:,  սոր:,  शून्य:)

Noun



 * 1) A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground, or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
 * We found a cave on the mountainside where we could take shelter.
 * 1) A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
 * 2) A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
 * This wine has been aged in our cave for thirty years.
 * 1) A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
 * My room was a cozy cave where I could escape from my family.
 * 1)  A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
 * It was not strictly a cave, but a narrow fissure in the rock.
 * 1)  A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
 * 2)  Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
 * 3)  A collapse or cave-in.
 * 4)  The vagina.
 * 5)  A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
 * 1)  A collapse or cave-in.
 * 2)  The vagina.
 * 3)  A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
 * 1)  A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
 * 1)  A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.

Derived terms

 * caveman
 * cave painting
 * cavewoman

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic: (kahf)
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: leize
 * Bengali:
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: cova
 * Central Atlas Tamazight: ifri (m), afri (m)
 * Chinese: 洞 (dòng)
 * Cantonese: 山窿
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: koobas
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:, მღვიმე
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew: מערה (me'ara)
 * Hindi: गुफा (gufaa)
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Inuktitut: ᐃᓗ (ilu)
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 洞窟 (どうくつ, dōkutsu)
 * Korean: 동굴 (donggul), 굴 (gul)


 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: urvas
 * Macedonian: пештера
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: għar
 * Maori:
 * Mongolian: агуй
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:, , ,
 * Old English: hydels
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, подземелье
 * Scottish Gaelic: uamh
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: пећина
 * Roman: pećina, spilja , špilja
 * Slovak: jaskyňa
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: గుహ (guha)
 * Thai: (tâm)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: lekev
 * Welsh: ogof
 * West Frisian: dobbe
 * Yiddish: הייל (heyl)


 * Finnish:


 * Turkish: oyuk


 * Finnish:


 * French:


 * Finnish: ,


 * French:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: porausjäte


 * Finnish: sortuma


 * French: éboulement


 * Finnish:

Verb



 * 1) To surrender.
 * He caved under pressure.
 * 1) To collapse.
 * First the braces buckled, then the roof began to cave, then we ran.
 * 1) To hollow out or undermine.
 * The levee has been severely caved by the river current.
 * 1) To engage in the recreational exploration of caves; to spelunk.
 * I have caved from Yugoslavia to Kentucky.
 * Let's go caving this weekend.
 * 1)  In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
 * The deposit is caved by knocking out the posts.
 * 1)  To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.

Derived terms

 * block caving
 * cave in
 * caver
 * caving hammer

Translations

 * Bulgarian: поддавам


 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian: подкопавам
 * Dutch:


 * Mandarin: 淘空

Etymology 2
From cave:, second-person singular present active imperative of caveo:.

Interjection

 * 1)  look out!; beware!

Translations

 * Dutch: opgepast!


 * Mandarin: 小心

Anagrams

 * evac

Etymology
From cavus:.

Adjective

 * 1) Pitted.
 * 2) Concave.
 * 3) Cavernous.

Noun 1

 * 1) A cellar or basement.
 * 2)  A wine cellar; or, a piece of furniture that serves the purpose of a wine cellar.
 * 3)  A wine selection.
 * 4) caves: An estate where wine grapes are grown or (especially) where wine is produced.
 * 5) =cave à liqueurs: A chest for the storage of liquors.

Noun 2

 * 1)  An imbecile, a stupid person.

Anagrams

 * avec

Adjective
cave


 * 1) Feminine plural form of cavo

Noun
cave



Verb

 * 1) * Petronius:
 * Cave canem.
 * Beware of the dog.
 * Beware of the dog.

Verb


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