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| cave | |
| 1. sost. grotta, caverna | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| cave | |
| 1. subst. 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. subst. A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made. | |
| 3. subst. A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese. | |
| This wine has been aged in our cave for thirty years. | |
| 4. subst. A place of retreat, such as a man cave. | |
| My room was a cozy cave where I could escape from my family. | |
| 5. subst. (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. subst. (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out. | |
| 7. subst. (drilling) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling. | |
| 8. subst. (mining) A collapse or cave-in. | |
| 9. subst. (figuratively, also slang) The vagina. | |
| 10. subst. (slang) A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue. | |
| 11. subst. (obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. | |
| 12. subst. (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. inter. (UK, public school slang) look out!; beware! | |
| italiano > inglese | |
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| grotta | |
| 1. subst. cave | |
| 2. subst. grotto | |
