to cave

Definition of to cave in English English dictionary: A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made; A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue; A collapse or cave-in; The vagina; A place of retreat, such as a man cave
My room was a cozy cave where I could escape from my family.; A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out; A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese
This wine has been aged in our cave for thirty years.; To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore; A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground, or in the face of a cliff or a hillside
We found a cave on the mountainside where we could take shelter.; Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling; To hollow out or undermine
The levee has been severely caved by the river current.; 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.; A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult
It was not strictly a cave, but a narrow fissure in the rock.; To engage in the recreational exploration of caves; to spelunk
Let's go caving this weekend.; look out!; beware!; {v} to live in a cave; {n} a den, a hallow; n goa; A large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground, often in the face of a cliff or a hillside; an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea explore natural caves hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks; See Adullam, Cave of, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction; French word for cellar; used for small house- hold wine coolers; A coalition or group of seceders from a political party, as from the Liberal party in England in 1866; A cave is a large hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or under the ground; A hole in the rock, usually large enough to be entered by a person Esp one that is mainly horizontal, requiring very few ladders or ropes to negotiate; Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter; To surrender; When most of us see the term cave we think of something like Crystal Lake Cave or Mammoth Cave but to the miners a cave was a segment of of crevice which was generally wider than typical and generally contained ore minerals Many times the cave was an open space and did have the appearance of the common 'cave' but more frequently when they first encountered such it would have been filled entirely with red clay and ore minerals At notable example would have been Stewart's Cave; An underground chamber or cavity created by natural means; A cave is a large hole in the ground or in the side of a hill or mountain; hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"; an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea; As used by speleologists, this means an underground cavity, fissure, or tube large enough for penetration by humans Speleologists exclude 'rock shelters' (qv) and most 'sea caves' (qv), by either stipulating that the cavity must penetrate further into the ground than the largest dimension of its opening, or by requiring that it should have a permanent dark zone For the layman, the term 'cave' is commonly used to include rock shelters, and also to describe a single chamber within a cave system This latter use can result in some confusion in the media, eg 'the cave was destroyed' may merely mean 'one chamber was destroyed' The term 'cave system' is sometimes used for the more complex caves, or to avoid the type of confusion mentioned above; look out! (said when a teacher is approaching); {i} natural underground tunnel, hollow opening in the ground; (n ) galpo, gahlpoh; A natural cavity in a rock with some portion large enough to be entered by man; n A climable surface with at least two sides taken up by walls and including a roof Generally used to describe an indoor bouldering area; To collapse; A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den; To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved; An immersive virtual environment where the viewer stands inside a room upon whose walls are projected images The images may be in stereo requiring stereo shutter glasses to be worn The name CAVE comes from Computer Augmented Virtual Environment; To make hollow; to scoop out; Latin for beware; Some French wines are labeled "Mis en bouteilles dans nos caves" This means "bottled" in our cellars' but is no guaranteed of quality; {f} collapse, cease to resist, submit; cause to collapse; explore caves, spelunk; Wine Store or Wine Cellar; Any hollow place, or part; a cavity; explore natural caves; a room-sized advanced visualization tool that combines high-resolution, stereoscopic projection and 3-D computer graphics to create the illusion of complete “immersion” in a virtual environment for one of more users; A cave is a large hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or one that is under the ground. a cave more than 1,000 feet deep. a large natural hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or under the ground (cava, from cavus ). Naturally formed underground cavity. A cave often consists of a number of underground chambers, constituting a series of caverns. An assemblage of such caverns interconnected by smaller passageways makes up a cave system. Primary caves, such as lava tubes and coral caves, develop during the time when the host matrix is solidifying or being deposited. Secondary caves, such as marine grottoes, originate after the host matrix has been deposited or consolidated. Most caves are of the latter type, including solution caves formed by the chemical dissolution of a soluble host rock that has been weakened by fracturing and mechanical erosion; Mammoth Cave and Carlsbad Caverns are examples of solution caves. Jewel Cave National Monument Mammoth Cave National Park Russell Cave National Monument Timpanogos Cave National Monument Wind Cave National Park Longmen caves Lung men caves Oregon Caves National Monument Yungang caves Yün kang caves; A Virtual Reality environment using projection devices on the walls and ceiling to give the illusion of immersion; To dwell in a cave; hidden areas of self, often hiding treasures; Contractual Aspects of VE; Ana