Meaning of cave | Babel Free

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1. A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
2. Acronym of citizens against virtually everything; people who oppose the construction of any type of structure.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
3. The 18th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
4. A hollow or natural passage under the earth or in the side of a hill or mountain with an opening to the surface. Caves can form in many ways, but especially from the dissolving of limestone.
5. basement, cellar
6. A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
7. A surname.
8. A hollow beneath the earth's surface:cavern, grotto.
9. black-market bureau de change; a place to exchange pesos for dólares blue
10. A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
11. A place name:
12. A town and comune in Lazio, Italy.
13. a large natural hollow in rock or in the earth. The children explored the caves. grot كَهْف пещера gruta jeskyně die Höhle hule σπηλιάcueva, caverna koobas غار luola grotteמערה गुफा špilja barlang gua hellir caverna, grotta ほら穴 동굴 urvas ala gua grotgrotte, hulejaskinia سمڅ، سمڅه، غار: په سياسى حزب كې انشعاب كوونكى-اقليت: په سمځه كې استو ګنه gruta peş­teră пещера jaskyňa jama, votlina pećina grotta, håla ถ้ำ mağara 山洞 печера غار hang động 山洞
14. A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
15. A township in Franklin County, Illinois, United States.
16. in prehistoric times, a person who lived in a cave. Cavemen dressed in the skins of animals. grotbewoner ساكِنُ الكُهوف пещерняк homem das cavernas jeskynní člověk der Höhlenmensch hulemand άνθρωπος των σπηλαίων hombre de las cavernas koopaelanik انسان غارنشین luolamies homme des cavernes אִיש מְעֲרוֹת गुहामानव, गुफावासी špiljski čovjek barlanglakó orang gua steinaldarmaður, hellisbúi cavernicolo 穴居人 동굴인 urvinis žmogus alu cilvēks orang zaman batu holbewonerhuleboer, steinaldermann jaskiniowi...
17. A village in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.
18. A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
19. (of walls etc) to collapse. instort يَنْهار،يَتَقَوَّض срутвам се desmoronar zřítit se; propadnout se einstürzen styrte sammen; skride sammen καταρρέωderrumbarse, desplomarse sisse varisema فرو ریختن sortua s'effondrer לְהִתמוֹטֵט दीवारों इत्यादि का अंदर धंस जाना urušenje beomlik runtuh hrynja crollare, franare くずれ落ちる 함몰되다 įkristi iebrukt; iegrimt roboh instortenstyrte sammen zapadać się سمڅه desmoronar a se pră­buşi обваливаться prepadnúť sa zrušiti se urušiti se störta in, rasa การพังทลายลง...
    etc
20. An unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States.
21. A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
22. A hollow or natural passage under or into the earth, especially one with an opening to the surface.
23. A settlement in Timaru district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
24. Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
    uncountable
25. A storage cellar, especially for wine.
26. A collapse or cave-in.
27. To dig or hollow out.
28. The vagina.
    also, figuratively, slang
29. To cause to collapse or fall in. Often used with in: The impact caved in the roof of the car.
    in:
30. A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
    slang
31. To fall in; collapse. Often used with in: The walls caved in during the earthquake.
    in:
32. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
    obsolete
33. A code cave.

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Examples

“We found a cave on the mountainside where we could take shelter.”

“The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.”

“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, […]”

“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.”

“These potential radiation fields or radioactive material levels may be the result of normal operations (ie, radiation in a target cave) […]”

“[…] the casing can then be placed in the hole without encountering any cave and core drilling in rock can begin.”

“The "breasts" of marble which unite the opposite lateral walls have been left standing in order to prevent a possible cave of the wall on either side.”

“Then without a word she lay on her back in the bed, her dark blond pubic hair rising about her dark wet cave like dried brush about a hidden spring.”

“Without joining the cave, Hyde had abstained both in December 1956 and May 1957.”

“the cave of the ear”

“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.”

“The Glenbrook Community Center is in disrepair and has been closed for a number of years, which means it is the exact kind of dilapidated and blighted building CAVE People will do everything to protect.”

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