cave

Significat (English)

Noun

1. A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
2. A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
3. A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
4. A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
5. A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
6. A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
7. Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
8. A collapse or cave-in.
9. (slang) The vagina.
10. (slang) A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
11. (obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
12. A code cave.

Verb

1. To surrender.
2. To collapse.
3. To hollow out or undermine.
4. To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
5. In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
6. (obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
7. (obsolete) To dwell in a cave.

Intj

look out!; beware!

Synonyms

cavern

hole

🕳️

grotto

den

hollow

cavity

tunnel

pit

burrow

spelunk

lair

vault

niche

valley

hollow out

dig

aperture

undermine

dungeon

cove

cut

crevice

opening

orifice

empty

excavate

give in

gorge

gouge

grot

hiding-place

hot cell

indentation

interior

leak

mine

mountain

⛰️

mountain peak

nest

nook

outcrop

oyster

🦪

penetrate

pitting

poke into

pond

ream

recess

resign

room

rout

sap

see through

shelter

sink

slot

slump

spoon

🥄

stone

🪨

submerge

submerse

succumb

take out

trench

underground

wall

well

wound

ashpan

defer to

hole in the ground

shield room

crack

hot cave

screened camera

screened room

protective enclosure

edge down

ash-bin

barrelhouse

bluff

bow

🙇

cellar

chamber

chasm

cliff

concave

corner

crater

crook

crotch

cubbyhole

delve

dent

dig into

dig out

dig up

dimple

dint

dredge

drive

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/keɪv/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: cave

Cognate with Tokharian B: kor

Cognate with albanès: cup

Cognate with grec antic: κύαρ

Cognate with Classical Armenian: սոր

Cognate with sànscrit: शून्य

In summary

From Middle English cave, borrowed from Old French cave, from Latin cava (“cavity”), from cavus (“hollow”). Cognate with Tocharian B kor (“throat”), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek κύαρ (kúar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian սոր (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty, barren, zero”). Displaced native Old English sċræf. More at cavum, cavus and cage.