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Definition of 'cave'English
Etymology 1
(etyl), from (etyl) ).
Noun
( en-noun)
A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground, or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
* |chapter=16
|title= The Mirror and the Lamp
|passage=The preposterous altruism too!
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A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
* {{quote-book|1918|Edward Alfred Steiner|Uncle Joe's Lincoln citation
|passage=Every boy at one time or another has dug a cave ; I suppose because ages and ages ago his ancestors had to live in caves,
A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
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A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
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(caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
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(nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
* {{quote-book|1986|National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements|Radiation Alarms and Access Control Systems|page=45 citation
|passage=These potential radiation fields or radioactive material levels may be the result of normal operations (ie, radiation in a target cave )
(drilling|uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
* {{quote-book|1951|James Deans Cumming|Diamond Drill Handbook|page=134 citation
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(mining) A collapse or cave-in.
* {{quote-book|1885|(Angelo Heilprin)|Town Geology: The Lesson of the Philadelphia Rocks|page=79 citation
|passage=The "breasts" of marble which unite the opposite lateral walls have been left standing in order to prevent a possible cave of the wall on either side.}}
The vagina.
* {{quote-book|1976|(Chester Himes)|My Life of Absurdity|page=59 citation
|passage=Then without a word she lay on her back in the bed, her dark blond pubic hair rising about her dark wet cave like dried brush about a hidden spring.}}
A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
* {{quote-book|1964|Leon D. Epstein|British Politics in the Suez Crisis|page=125 citation
|passage=Without joining the cave , Hyde had abstained both in December 1956 and May 1957.}}
(obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
* Francis Bacon
- the cave of the ear
Synonyms
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Derived terms
* caveman
* cave painting
* cavewoman
Verb
( cav)
To surrender.
- He caved under pressure.
To collapse.
- First the braces buckled, then the roof began to cave , then we ran.
To hollow out or undermine.
- The levee has been severely caved by the river current.
To engage in the recreational exploration of caves; to spelunk.
- I have caved from Yugoslavia to Kentucky.
- Let's go caving this weekend.
(mining) 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.
(mining|obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
* {{quote-book|1999|Andy Wood|The Politics of Social Conflict: The Peak Country, 1520-1770|page=319 citation
|passage=As an indication of the miners' desperation in these years, the free miners of Wensley lowered themselves to caving for scraps of ore. }}
(obsolete) To dwell in a cave.
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Derived terms
* block caving
* cave in
* caver
* caving hammer
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Interjection
( en-interj)
(British|public school slang) look out!; beware!
Anagrams
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