Definizione monolingua

cave

cave (third-person singular simple present caves, present participle caving, simple past and past participle caved)

1. To surrender.

   He caved under pressure.

2. To collapse.

   First the braces buckled, then the roof began to cave, then we ran.

3. To hollow out or undermine.

   The levee has been severely caved by the river current.

4. To engage in the recreational exploration of caves; to spelunk.

   I have caved from Yugoslavia to Kentucky.

   Lets go caving this weekend.

5. (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.

6. (mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
   • 1999, Andy Wood, The Politics of Social Conflict: The Peak Country, 1520-1770^[7], ISBN 0521495547, page 319:

     As an indication of the miners desperation in these years, the free miners of Wensley lowered themselves to caving for scraps of ore.

cave (plural caves)

1. A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground, or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.

   We found a cave on the mountainside where we could take shelter.

2. A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
   • 1918, Edward Alfred Steiner, Uncle Joes Lincoln^[1], page 52:

     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, […]

3. A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.

   This wine has been aged in our cave for thirty years.

4. A place of retreat, such as a man cave.

   My room was a cozy cave where I could escape from my family.

5. (caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.

   It was not strictly a cave, but a narrow fissure in the rock.

6. (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
   • 1986, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Radiation Alarms and Access Control Systems^[2], ISBN 0913392847, page 45:

     These potential radiation fields or radioactive material levels may be the result of normal operations (ie, radiation in a target cave) […]

7. (drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
   • 1951, James Deans Cumming, Diamond Drill Handbook^[3], page 134:

     […] the casing can then be placed in the hole without encountering any cave and core drilling in rock can begin.

8. (mining) A collapse or cave-in.
   • 1885, Angelo Heilprin, Town Geology: The Lesson of the Philadelphia Rocks^[4], page 79:

     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.

9. (figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
   • 1976, Chester Himes, My Life of Absurdity^[5], page 59:

     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.

10. (slang, politics, often ""Cave"") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
    • 1964, Leon D. Epstein, British Politics in the Suez Crisis^[6], page 125:

      Without joining the cave, Hyde had abstained both in December 1956 and May 1957.

cave (epicene, plural caves)

1. Pitted.
2. Concave.
3. Cavernous.

Definizione dizionario cave

	caverna
	large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground
	1) An underground hollow with access from the ground surface or from the sea, often found in limestone areas and on rocky coastlines. 2) A natural cavity, chamber or recess which leads beneath the surface of the earth, generally in a horizontal or obliquely inclined direction. It may be in the form of a passage or a gallery, its shape depending in part on the joint pattern or structure of the rock and partly on the type of process involved in its excavation. Thus, caves worn by subterranean rivers may be different in character from, and of considerably greater extent than, a sea-cave eroded by marine waves. 3) A natural underground open space, generally with a connection to the surface and large enough for a person to enter. The most common type of cave is formed in a limestone by dissolution. (Source: CED / WHIT / BJGEO)

	grotta
	large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground

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Altri significati:

(slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.

A place of retreat, such as a man cave.

(mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.

To hollow out or undermine.

(drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.

beware!

mining: collapse or cave-in

(figuratively, also slang) The vagina.

A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.

To surrender.

(mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.

A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.

undermine

To engage in the recreational exploration of caves; to spelunk.

(mining) A collapse or cave-in.

(nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.

place of retreat

to surrender

hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock

(UK, public school slang) look out!; beware!

A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground, or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.

storage cellar

To collapse.

(caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.