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      cave
      noun
      A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
      A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
      A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
      A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
      (caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
      (figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
      (slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
      (programming) A code cave.
      (mining) A collapse or cave-in.
      (drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
      (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
      The 18th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
      A place name:
      A surname.
      A town and comune in Lazio, Italy.
      A township in Franklin County, Illinois, United States.
      A village in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.
      An unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States.
      A settlement in Timaru district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
      Acronym of citizens against virtually everything; people who oppose the construction of any type of structure.
      (obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
      verb
      To collapse.
      To hollow out or undermine.
      To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
      (figurative) To surrender.
      (mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
      (mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
      (obsolete) To dwell in a cave.
      Roots
      cavuscav- · Latin · hollow
      Synonyms for cave
      antrecavernngrottonsubterranegrotnlairnburrowndennsubterraneanadjcavityn
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