cave
(noun, verb, interjection)
interjection
1. (Britain, public school slang) look out!; beware!
noun
1. a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
Definition categories: object, formation
Sentences with cave as a noun:
- We found a cave on the mountainside where we could take shelter.
- This wine has been aged in our cave for thirty years.
- My room was a cozy cave where I could escape from my family.
- It was not strictly a cave, but a narrow fissure in the rock.
verb
1. hollow out as if making a cave or opening
Similar word(s): undermine
Definition categories: contact, hollow
2. explore natural caves
Similar word(s): spelunk
Definition categories: cognition, explore
Sentences with cave as a verb:
- He caved under pressure.
- First the braces buckled, then the roof began to cave, then we ran.
- The levee has been severely caved by the river current.
- I have caved from Yugoslavia to Kentucky.
- The deposit is caved by knocking out the posts.