cave Definition
cave (kāv)
noun
a hollow place inside the earth, usually an opening, as in a hillside, extending back horizontally; cavern
Etymology: ME & OFr < L cava, fem. of cavus, hollow < IE base *eu-, a swelling, arch, cavity
intransitive verb
- to cave in
- to explore caves
cave Related Forms
cav′er noun
cave Idioms
cave in
- to fall or sink in or down; collapse
- to make collapse
- Informal to give way; give in; yield
cave Synonyms
cave Usage Examples
Converse of object
- descend: We did not descend the cave but all the info we have is here.
- explore: Most of the cave explored in 1994 had gone.
- enter: Fly over the waterfall and enter the cave from which the water flows.
- decorate: A similar pairing of decorated caves and hilltop settlements has been observed at other sites of the same date.
Adjective modifier
- prehistoric: Among them are the prehistoric caves, located only a few kilometers from the property.
- underwater: Here, visitors can ski, swim, explore underwater caves, go rafting through wide canyons, or relax on a secluded beach.
- underground: Rock salt is extracted from underground caves by flooding, then evaporation.
- deep: Would the owners let us into the deep caves?
Modifies a noun
- surveying: Survex The cave surveying software which Tunnel is modeled on.
- entrance: Page 17 1 [ Scene change to a view of a cave entrance in the side of a large rock in the sea.
- diving: We were cave diving and didn't go in the ocean.
- dweller: Some believe that these cave dwellers built the old canals in the Salt River valley.
- diver: The cave diver was later found dead by rescue services.
- painting: Extending this just a little further allows conversations with standing stones, cave paintings, even burning bushes.
Noun used with modifier
- mendip: For those collecting details of Mendip caves through publications this is an extremely interesting and good buy.
- limestone: You see the same phenomenon in the limestone caves.
- bat: This unlocks the door on 3F that leads to Dandelion's bat cave, complete with trot Batmobile.
- rift: As they are dragged through the rift caves to Quentaris some of the slaves undergo a change that awakens some dormant psychic abilities.
- bedding: The other is that we will break out back up into the bedding cave that is left behind when entering the lower workings.
- sea: Stone Age flints have been found in the sea caves.
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