caving
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cave1 /keɪv/
▶noun a large natural underground chamber. ▶verb
- 1 explore caves as a sport.
- 2 (cave in or US also cave) (of a roof or walls) subside or collapse.
– derivatives
caver noun,
caving noun.
caver noun,
caving noun.
– origin ME: from OFr., from L. cava, from cavus ‘hollow’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cave2 /ˈkeɪvi/
▶exclamation Brit. school slang, dated look out!
– phrases
keep cave act as lookout.
keep cave act as lookout.
– origin L., imper. of cavere ‘beware’.
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