Le mot anglais du jour

cave

grotte

Définitions

anglais > français
cave
1. n. Grotte.
Mère Louve était étendue, son gros nez gris tombé parmi ses quatre petits qui se culbutaient en criant, et la lune luisait par l'ouverture de la caverne où ils vivaient tous.
anglais > anglais
cave
1. n. 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.
2. n. A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
3. n. A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
This wine has been aged in our cave for thirty years.
4. n. A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
My room was a cozy cave where I could escape from my family.
5. n. (caving) 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.
6. n. (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
7. n. (drilling) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
8. n. (mining) A collapse or cave-in.
9. n. (figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
10. n. (slang) A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
11. n. (obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
12. n. (programming) A code cave.
13. v. To surrender.
He caved under pressure.
14. v. To collapse.
First the braces buckled, then the roof began to cave, then we ran.
15. v. To hollow out or undermine.
The levee has been severely caved by the river current.
16. v. To engage in the recreational exploration of caves; to spelunk.
I have caved from Yugoslavia to Kentucky.
Let's go caving this weekend.
17. v. (mining) 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.
18. v. (mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
19. v. (obsolete) To dwell in a cave.
20. interj. (UK, public school slang) look out!; beware!
français > anglais
grotte
1. n-f. cave (large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground)