B1verb · intransitive · common

cave

cave · caves · caved · caving

перешкоджати, підривати, послаблювати

уступить, уступать

untergraben, schwächen, unterlaufen

To surrenderTo surrender.

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/keɪv/

» I've been living in a cave.

Я живу в пещере. — Selena777

Я живу в печері. — deniko

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Meaning

7 senses

(figuratively)To surrender.
He caved under pressure.
уступа́тьustupátʹ, уступи́тьustupítʹ
To collapse.
First the braces buckled, then the roof began to cave, then we ran.
To hollow out or undermine.
The levee has been severely caved by the river current.
hollow out as if making a cave or opening
To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
explore natural caves
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.
(obsolete)To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
(obsolete)To dwell in a cave.

Examples

577 sentences

I've been living in a cave.
Я живу в печері. — deniko
ruЯ живу в пещере. — Selena777
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Tom was dragged into the cave.
Тома затягли до печери. — deniko
ruТома затащили в пещеру. — scriptin
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Why did you go to the cave?
Навіщо ти пішов до печери? — deniko
ruЗачем ты пошёл к расщелине? — astynk
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Maybe there's someone else in the cave.
Може, в печері є хтось ще. — deniko
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Three bodies were found in the cave.
Три тіла були знайдені в печері. — triantafillou
ruВ пещере было найдено три тела. — marafon
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to surrender:

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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