Meaning

12 senses
  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.

    Höhle, Grotte

    пеще́раpeščéra, подземе́льеpodzemélʹje, печо́раpečóra

    пече́раpečéra, підземе́лляpidzeméllja

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

    впа́динаvpádina

  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.

    убе́жищеubéžišče

  5. 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. A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.

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

  8. A collapse or cave-in.

  9. (also, figuratively, slang)The vagina.

  10. (slang)A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.

  11. A code cave.

  12. (obsolete)Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.

More definitions
  • a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

Examples

577 sentences
  1. I've been living in a cave.

    Я живу в печері.

    ruЯ живу в пещере.

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  2. Tom was dragged into the cave.

    Тома затягли до печери.

    ruТома затащили в пещеру.

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  3. Why did you go to the cave?

    Навіщо ти пішов до печери?

    ruЗачем ты пошёл к расщелине?

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  4. Maybe there's someone else in the cave.

    Може, в печері є хтось ще.

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  5. Three bodies were found in the cave.

    Три тіла були знайдені в печері.

    ruВ пещере было найдено три тела.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground:
Русский
By meaning 3
large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground:
hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock:
place of retreat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground:

Origin

From Middle English cave, borrowed from Old French cave, from Latin cava (“cavity”), from

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.

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Forms

plural: caves
Singularcave

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

51 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • into the cave
  • in the cave
  • enter the cave
  • cave by himself
  • explored the cave
  • inside the cave
  • of the cave
  • the cave by
  • in this cave
  • in a cave
  • find the cave

See also

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