| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| 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! |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| grotta |
| 1. n-c. a cave (large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground) |
| 2. v. (colloquial in "grotta ner/ned sig (i)") to immerse oneself (in), to get deeply into (some activity, study, or the like) |
| Jag har grottat ner mig i fallet. Jag vill veta allt. - I've really gotten into the case. I want to know everything. |
