English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation
AHD|k�v, IPA|/keɪv/, SAMPA|/keIv/
*audio|en-us-cave.ogg|Audio (US)
*rhymes|eɪv

Noun
en-noun

1. A large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground, often in the face of a cliff or a hillside.

Translations
trans-top|large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground
Albanian: shpellë f
Bosnian: pe�ina f
Catalan: cova f
Chinese: � (dòng)
Croatian: spilja f
Czech: jeskyn� f
Dutch: hol n
Finnish: luola
French: caverne f
German: Höhle f
Greek: ��ηλιά (spiliá) f
Hawaiian: ana#Hawaiian|ana
Hebrew: �ער� (me'ara) f
Hungarian: barlang
Italian: caverna#Italian|caverna f, grotta f
Japanese: �� (����, d�kutsu)
Korean: êµ´ (gul)
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|ئ��شک���ت
Latin: caverna f
Maltese: għar m
Maori: ana#Maori|ana
Persian: FAchar|غار (ghâr)
Polish: jaskinia f
Portuguese: caverna#Portuguese|caverna f
Russian: подземел�е (podzemél�je) n
Romanian: pe�ter� f, cavern� f, grot� f
Scottish Gaelic: uamh f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пе�ина f
:Roman: pe�ina f, spilja f, špilja f
Slovene: jama f
Spanish: cueva f
Swedish: grotta c
Telugu: ��హ (guha)
Turkish: ma�ara
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Verb
en-verb|cav|ing

1. To surrender.

#:He caved under pressure. I hate quitters.

1. To collapse.

#:"First the braces buckled, then the roof began to cave, then we ran, before the roof became the floor."

Derived terms
cave in

Translations
trans-top|to surrender
Finnish: antaa periksi, murtua
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|to collapse
Finnish: sortua
trans-mid
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Etymology 2
L. #Latin|cave, imperative of cavere, to beware

Pronunciation
AHD|k�ʹv�, IPA|/�keɪvi/, SAMPA|/"keIvi/
*rhymes|eɪvi

Homophones
cavy

Interjection
cave!

1. context|UK|school slang look out! (said when a teacher is approaching)

Italian

Noun
cave

1. plural of cava

Latin

Verb form
cave

1. imperative of cavere

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