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cave
(kāv)n.
1. A hollow or natural passage under or into the earth, especially one with an opening to the surface.
2. A storage cellar, especially for wine.
v. caved, cav·ing, caves
v.tr.
1. To dig or hollow out.
2. To cause to collapse or fall in. Often used with in: The impact caved in the roof of the car.
v.intr.
1. To fall in; collapse. Often used with in: The walls caved in during the earthquake.
2. To give up all opposition; yield. Often used with in: The school committee caved in to the demands of parents.
3. To explore caves.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cava, from neuter pl. of cavus, hollow; see keuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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cave
(keɪv)n
1. (Physical Geography) an underground hollow with access from the ground surface or from the sea, often found in limestone areas and on rocky coastlines
2. (Historical Terms) history Brit a secession or a group seceding from a political party on some issue. See Adullamite
3. (modifier) living in caves
vb
(tr) to hollow out
[C13: from Old French, from Latin cava, plural of cavum cavity, from cavus hollow]
cave
(ˈkeɪvɪ)n
guard or lookout (esp in the phrase keep cave)
sentence substitute
watch out!
[from Latin cavē! beware!]
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cave
(keɪv)n., v. caved, cav•ing. n.
1. a hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
2. a storage cellar, esp. for wine.
v.t. 3. Mining. to cause (overlying rock) to collapse into a stope or sublevel; undermine.
v.i. 4. to collapse (often fol. by in).
5. cave in,
a. to fall in; collapse.
b. to cause to fall in or collapse.
c. to yield; surrender.
[1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin cava (feminine singular), Latin cava, neuter pl. of cavum hole]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
cave
(kāv) A hollow or natural passage under the earth or in the side of a hill or mountain with an opening to the surface. Caves can form in many ways, but especially from the dissolving of limestone.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Cave
a small group of politicians who break away from the main party; a splinter party.Example: cave of Adullam, 1866.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
cave
Past participle: caved
Gerund: caving
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
cave
1. A Latin word meaning beware.
2. A hole in the Earth’s crust, produced by water erosion or lava.
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| Noun | 1. |  cave - a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the seacavern - a large cave or a large chamber in a cave cove - small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain floor - the lower inside surface of any hollow structure; "the floor of the pelvis"; "the floor of the cave" geological formation, formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth roof - the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space; "the roof of the cave was very high"; "I could see the roof of the bear's mouth" stalactite - a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave stalagmite - a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave wall - a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain) |
| Verb | 1. | cave - hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks" sap - excavate the earth beneath |
| 2. | cave - explore natural caves explore - travel to or penetrate into; "explore unknown territory in biology" |
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cave
noun hollow, cavern, grotto, den, cavity creatures such as bats and moths which shelter in caves
Quotations
"Caves: Usually inhabited by thieves. Always full of snakes" [Gustave Flaubert The Dictionary of Received Ideas]
"Caves: Usually inhabited by thieves. Always full of snakes" [Gustave Flaubert The Dictionary of Received Ideas]
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cave
nounphrasal verbcave in
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Translations
пещера
jeskyně
hule
غار
luolamurtuaporausjätesiipisoppi
pećinaspilja
barlang
gua
hellir
ほら穴
동굴
cavernaspelunca
įkristiurvinis žmogus
ala
cavernăgrotăpeşteră
jamavotlina
grotta
ถ้ำ
hanghang động
cave
1 [keɪv]cave in VI + ADV
1. [ceiling] → derrumbarse, desplomarse; [ground] → hundirse
cave
2 (o.f.) [ˈkeɪvɪ] EXCL (Brit) (Scol) cave! → ¡ojo!, ¡ahí viene!to keep cave → estar a la mira
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cave
[ˈkeɪv] vi
to go caving → faire de la spéléologie, faire de la spéléo
to go caving → faire de la spéléologie, faire de la spéléo
cave in
vi [roof] → s'effondrer
(= give in) [person] → céder
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cave
:cave dweller
n → Höhlenbewohner m
cave-in
caveman
cave painting
n → Höhlenmalerei f
cave
1cave
2n → Höhle f
vi to go caving → auf Höhlenexpedition(en) gehen; he did a lot of caving in his youth → in seiner Jugend hat er viel Höhlenforschung betrieben
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cave
(keiv) noun a large natural hollow in rock or in the earth. The children explored the caves.
ˈcaveman (-mӕn) noun in prehistoric times, a person who lived in a cave. Cavemen dressed in the skins of animals.
cave in (of walls etc) to collapse.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
cave
→ كَهْف jeskyně hule Höhle σπηλιά cueva luola grotte pećina grotta ほら穴 동굴 grot hule jaskinia caverna пещера grotta ถ้ำ mağara hang động 洞穴Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cave
n. depresión;
caverna.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012