Meaning

2 senses

  1. To explore caves.

    иссле́довать пещерыisslédovatʹ peščery, занима́ться спелеологиейzanimátʹsja speleologijej

    explore natural caves

  2. To explore a system in depth.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tom found dragon eggs while spelunking.

    ruТом нашёл яйца дракона во время исследования пещер. — odexed

    deTom fand bei einer Höhlenerkundung Dracheneier. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Have you ever gone spelunking before?

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  3. Tom and Mary went spelunking.

    deTom und Mary sind auf Höhlenerkundung gegangen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom and I went spelunking.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to explore caves:

Origin

U.S., 1940s. Back-formation from spelunker.

U.S., 1940s. Back-formation from spelunker.

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Forms

spelunks, spelunking, spelunked, spelunked
Base formspelunk · to spelunk
3rd person singularspelunks
Present participlespelunking
Past simplespelunked
Past participlespelunked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspelunk
he, she, itspelunks

Past simpleLesson

all personsspelunked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave spelunked
he, she, ithas spelunked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spelunk

Synonyms

1 synonyms
caveB1
Close in meaning
  • explore natural caves:cave

Word family

2 related words
Relatedspelunker
Derivedspelunking

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
spellingB1speltspencerspendA1spender
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