Cave
[keɪv] or [kev]
Definition
(noun.) a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea.
(verb.) explore natural caves.
(verb.) hollow out as if making a cave or opening; 'The river was caving the banks'.
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Definition
(n.) A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
(n.) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
(n.) To make hollow; to scoop out.
(v. i.) To dwell in a cave.
(v. i.) To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cavern, den, grotto.
Edited by Ethelred
Definition
n. a hollow place in the earth: a den: any small faction of seceders from a political party.—v.t. to hollow out.—v.i. to lodge in a cave.—n. Cave′-bear (Ursus spel鎢s) a fossil bear of the Quaternary epoch.—n.pl. Cave′-dwell′ers prehistoric men who lived in caves.—n. Cav′ing yielding.—To cave in of land to slip to fall into a hollow: to yield to outside pressure to give way collapse.
Typist: Malcolm
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing a cavern yawning in the weird moonlight before you, many perplexities will assail you, and doubtful advancement because of adversaries. Work and health is threatened. To be in a cave foreshadows change. You will probably be estranged from those who are very dear to you. For a young woman to walk in a cave with her lover or friend, denotes she will fall in love with a villain and will suffer the loss of true friends.
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Examples
- The men and women in the Cave Colony suddenly found that one bright-eyed young fellow, with a little straighter forehead than the others, was beating them all at hunting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Standing in the mouth of the cave he took off his jacket and shook it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Anselmo came out of the mouth of the cave with a deep stone basin full of red wine and with his fingers through the handles of three cups. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Fernando hawked and spat proudly onto the floor of the cave, then rubbed it in the dirt with his foot. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- For him Mary Cave was perfect, because somehow, for some reason--no doubt he had a reason--he loved her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There are two asleep in the cave, the gypsy said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The girl put her head inside the blanket across the cave mouth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Besides those which are of common observation it is used for lighting the interior of mines, caves, and the dark apartments of ships, and does not foul the air. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Double sorrow--sadness, bred in Cimmerian caves, robed my soul in a mourning garb. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Other rocks, like limestone, are so readily soluble in water that from the small pores and cavities eaten out by the water, there may develop in long centuries, caves and caverns (Fig. 30). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Probably early men did not go deeply into the caves, because they had no means of lighting their recesses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Who can follow an animal which can traverse the sea of ice, and inhabit caves and dens, where no man would venture to intrude? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We see the same principle in the character of most of the blind animals inhabiting the caves of America and of Europe. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Showing how caves and holes are formed by the solvent action of water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In one of these wings the windows were broken and blocked with wooden boards, while the roof was partly caved in, a picture of ruin. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I'm sure one on 'em caved in last week, said Pete, and let 'em all down in de middle of de singin'; dat ar was failin', warnt it? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The whole of everything, and yourself included, is just on the point of caving in, and you are just holding it up with your hands. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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