cave

Plural: caves

Noun

• a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
• A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
• A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
• A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
• A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
• A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
• A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
• Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
• A collapse or cave-in.
• The vagina.
• A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
• Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
• A code cave.

Verb

• hollow out as if making a cave or opening
• explore natural caves
• To surrender.
• To collapse.
• To hollow out or undermine.
• To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
• In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
• To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
• To dwell in a cave.

Intj

• look out!; beware!

Examples

• "First the braces buckled, then the roof began to cave, then we ran."
• "He caved under pressure."
• "It was not strictly a cave, but a narrow fissure in the rock."
• "My room was a cozy cave where I could escape from my family."
• "The deposit is caved by knocking out the posts."
• "The levee has been severely caved by the river current."
• "This wine has been aged in our cave for thirty years."
• "We found a cave on the mountainside where we could take shelter."

Synonyms

earthhole, heads up, look out, spelunk, undermine, watch it

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