cave

English

Etymology 1

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CAVECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱewh₁-#CAVE

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#CAVECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#CAVE cave, borrowed from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#CAVE cave, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#CAVE 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.

Pronunciation

Noun

cave (plural caves)Category:English lemmas#CAVECategory:English nouns#CAVECategory:English countable nouns#CAVECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

A cliffside cave.
  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.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAVE
  2. A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
    • 1918, Edward Alfred Steiner, Uncle Joe's Lincoln‎, 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, […]
      Category:English terms with quotations#CAVE
  3. A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
    This wine has been aged in our cave for thirty years.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAVE
  4. A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
    My room was a cozy cave where I could escape from my family.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAVE
  5. (cavingCategory:en:Caving#CAVE) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAVE
  6. (nuclear physicsCategory:en:Nuclear physics#CAVE) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
    • 1986, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Radiation Alarms and Access Control Systems‎, →ISBN, page 45:
      These potential radiation fields or radioactive material levels may be the result of normal operations (ie, radiation in a target cave) […]
      Category:English terms with quotations#CAVE
  7. (drilling, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#CAVE) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
    • 1951, James Deans Cumming, Diamond Drill Handbook‎, page 134:
      […] the casing can then be placed in the hole without encountering any cave and core drilling in rock can begin.
      Category:English terms with quotations#CAVE
  8. (miningCategory:en:Mining#CAVE) A collapse or cave-in.
  9. (figuratively, also slangCategory:English slang#CAVE) The vagina.
  10. (slangCategory:English slang#CAVE, politicsCategory:en:Politics#CAVE, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
  11. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#CAVE) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
  12. (programmingCategory:en:Programming#CAVE) A code cave.
    • 2016, Nick Cano, Game Hacking: Developing Autonomous Bots for Online Games:
      Once a code cave is created, you can execute it using either thread injection or thread hijacking. […] Additionally, you'd need to make sure that the cave properly cleans the stack.
      Category:English terms with quotations#CAVE
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Verb

cave (third-person singular simple present caves, present participle caving, simple past and past participle caved)Category:English lemmas#CAVECategory:English verbs#CAVECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

Person caving.
  1. (figurative) To surrender.
    • 2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46:
      Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.
      Category:English terms with quotations#CAVE
    • 2023 September 29, Sam Jones, “Alberto Núñez Feijóo fails to win Spanish MPs’ backing to become PM”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      On Friday morning, Salvador Illa, the former health minister of Spain who now leads the Catalan branch of the PSOE, said the socialists would be happy to fight another general election rather than cave to Junts and the ERC’s demands.
      Category:English terms with quotations#CAVE
  2. To collapse.
    First the braces buckled, then the roof began to cave, then we ran.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAVE
  3. To hollow out or undermine.
    The levee has been severely caved by the river current.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAVE
  4. To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
    Synonym: spelunk
    • 2007 September 29, Kate Humble, “What lies beneath”, in The Guardian‎:
      Pam has been caving for 25 years. She and her husband Tim are among the top cavers in the country. They are passionate about the world hidden beneath our feet and they were to be my instructors and guides on my first ever foray below ground that didn't involve getting on the tube.
      Category:English terms with quotations#CAVE
  5. (miningCategory:en:Mining#CAVE) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#CAVE
  6. (miningCategory:en:Mining#CAVE, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#CAVE) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
    • 1999, Andy Wood, The Politics of Social Conflict: The Peak Country, 1520-1770‎, →ISBN, 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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#CAVE
  7. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#CAVE) To dwell in a cave.
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#CAVECategory:English terms derived from Latin#CAVE cavē, second-person singular present active imperative of caveō (“to beware”). Used at Eton College, Berkshire.

Pronunciation

Interjection

caveCategory:English lemmas#CAVECategory:English interjections#CAVECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. (BritishCategory:British English#CAVE, school slangCategory:English school slang#CAVE) look out!; beware!
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Category:English heteronyms#CAVE Category:en:Landforms#CAVE

Etruscan

Romanization

caveCategory:Etruscan non-lemma forms#CAVECategory:Etruscan romanizations#CAVECategory:Etruscan terms in nonstandard scripts#CAVECategory:Etruscan entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. romanization of 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌄

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#CAVECategory:French terms derived from Latin#CAVE cavus (“concave; cavity”).

Adjective

cave (plural caves)Category:French lemmas#CAVECategory:French adjectives#CAVECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. pitted
  2. concave
  3. cavernous

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Late Latin#CAVECategory:French terms derived from Late Latin#CAVE cava, substantivized form of LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#CAVE cava, feminine of the adjective cavus.

Noun

cave f (plural caves)Category:French lemmas#CAVECategory:French nouns#CAVECategory:French countable nouns#CAVECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:French feminine nouns#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. a cellar or basement
  2. (specifically) a wine cellar; or, a piece of furniture that serves the purpose of a wine cellar
  3. (by extension) a wine selection
  4. caves: An estate where wine grapes are grown or (especially) where wine is produced
  5. cave à liqueurs: A chest for the storage of liquors
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Portuguese: cave

Etymology 3

Probably from cavé, from the past participle of caver, a term used in games.

Noun

cave m (plural caves)Category:French lemmas#CAVECategory:French nouns#CAVECategory:French countable nouns#CAVECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:French masculine nouns#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. (QuebecCategory:Quebec French#CAVE, slangCategory:French slang#CAVE) an idiot, a stupid person
  2. (FranceCategory:French French#CAVE, slangCategory:French slang#CAVE, datedCategory:French dated terms#CAVE) a law-abiding citizen, as opposed to a criminal

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Anagrams

Galician

Verb

caveCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#CAVECategory:Galician verb forms#CAVECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. inflection of cavar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

Adjective

caveCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#CAVECategory:Italian adjective forms#CAVECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. feminine plural of cavo

Noun

cave fCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#CAVECategory:Italian noun forms#CAVECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. plural of cava

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Latin

Verb

cavēCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#CAVECategory:Latin verb forms#CAVECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. second-person singular present imperative of caveō

Middle English

Etymology 1

Category:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CAVECategory:Middle English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱewh₁-#CAVE

Borrowed from Old FrenchCategory:Middle English terms borrowed from Old French#CAVECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old French#CAVE cave, from LatinCategory:Middle English terms derived from Latin#CAVE cava.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

caveCategory:Middle English lemmas#CAVECategory:Middle English nouns#CAVECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE (plural caves)

  1. A cave or cavern.
  2. (by extension) An underground chamber.
  3. A cavity; a hollow.
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Etymology 2

Verb

caveCategory:Middle English alternative forms#CAVECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. alternative form of caven
Category:enm:Landforms#CAVE

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Norman entries#CAVE

Noun

cave f (plural caves)Category:Norman lemmas#CAVECategory:Norman nouns#CAVECategory:Norman entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Norman feminine nouns#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. (JerseyCategory:Jersey Norman#CAVE) cave, cellar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from French#CAVECategory:Portuguese terms derived from French#CAVE cave.[1][2]

Noun

cave f (plural caves)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CAVECategory:Portuguese nouns#CAVECategory:Portuguese countable nouns#CAVECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. cellar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

caveCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#CAVECategory:Portuguese verb forms#CAVECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. inflection of cavar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  1. ↑ “cave”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
  2. ↑ “cave”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cavarCategory:Spanish deverbals#CAVE.

Noun

cave m (plural caves)Category:Spanish lemmas#CAVECategory:Spanish nouns#CAVECategory:Spanish countable nouns#CAVECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Spanish masculine nouns#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. (EcuadorCategory:Ecuadorian Spanish#CAVE) potato harvesting

Etymology 2

Verb

caveCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#CAVECategory:Spanish verb forms#CAVECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CAVECategory:Pages with entries#CAVECategory:Pages with 10 entries#CAVE

  1. inflection of cavar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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