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81 каверна-хранилище для сжиженного газа
1) Engineering: liquefied gas cavern storage2) Oil&Gas technology liquefied-gas cavern storageУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > каверна-хранилище для сжиженного газа
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82 карстовая пустота
1) Geology: cavern2) Makarov: karst cavern, karst cavity, solution cavity -
83 обрушение
2) Geology: avalanche, cave, failure, fall of ground, gob, inbreak, overhead caving, rock fall (горной породы), rush together3) Engineering: breakdown, crush, crushing, demolition, falling-down, pulling-down, sloughing (породы горной выработки или стенок ствола скважины)4) Chemistry: sinking5) Construction: breaking-down, collapse failure, failure (здания, сооружения), rounding (обочин)6) Railway term: jack knifing, wrecking8) Mining: break, cave-in, caving, collapse, collapsing, fall, goaf (Krokodil), goave, old man, run (в выработке), taking-down9) Oil: cavern( cave), caving in, collapse (стенок скважины), sloughing (стенок скважины), sloughing (породы)10) Geophysics: sloughing (of the soft soils) (мягких пород)12) Oil&Gas technology cavern, run, rush14) Makarov: breakdown (кровли), caving (горной породы), caving (породы), downfall, gash, inbreak (ПВ над подземными горными выработками), inrush, potholing, ripping, rock slide (пород), stoping -
84 подземное хранение в каверне, образованной ядерным взрывом
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > подземное хранение в каверне, образованной ядерным взрывом
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85 полость
1) General subject: apron (в экипаже), cave, cavity, compartment, concavity, hollow, incavation, loculus, region, sheet, vug2) Geology: vacuity, vesicle (в породе или минерале)3) Biology: domatium (в растении), lacune4) Medicine: absconsio, antrum, atrium, bladder, camera (напр. сердца), cavern, caverna, cell (особ. в кости), chamber (напр. сердца), cistern, excavation, lacuna, lumen (трубчатого органа), sinus, cavum5) American: chamber (сердца и т.п.)7) Agriculture: abdomen (тушки птицы)8) Construction: air space, cavity pocket, hollowness9) Anatomy: body cavity, body cavity (тела), trench11) Railway term: blow-hole12) Mining: bag (в горной породе), holiow14) Oil: cavern( cave), pot (в гидравлической части насоса)15) Geophysics: bubble16) Silicates: pipe (дефект огнеупора), water mark (дефект эмалированных изделий)17) Metrology: void space18) Oil&Gas technology interior19) Automation: groove (пресс-формы), impression, plenum (напр. вакуумного зажимного устройства)20) General subject: port21) Makarov: bleb, chamber (в виде камеры), flaw, nodule (в фарфоре), pock, pocket (между лопатками ротора в насосе), shake (обычно в известняке), visceral cavity (туши), well22) Security: hollow space -
86 размыв каверны
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87 Kaverne
f < bau> ■ cavernf <energ.hydr> (unterirdisch angeordnetes Wasserkraftwerk) ■ cavern; cave -
88 pieczara
The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > pieczara
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89 hule
sg - húlen, pl - húler1) пеще́ра ж2) берло́га ж; нора́ ж* * *burrow, cave, cavern, den, earth, lair* * *I. (en -r) cave,(F: større) cavern,( malerisk) grotto;( dyrs) den,( skjulested, hvilested) lair;T ( om værelse) den;[ en lastens hule] a den of vice, a sink (el. den) of iniquity.II. vb hollow (out). -
90 abrir dinamitando
(v.) = blastEx. By blasting the face of the falls and excavating an underground cavern, the utility company channeled water through pipes to turbines at the base of the falls.* * *(v.) = blastEx: By blasting the face of the falls and excavating an underground cavern, the utility company channeled water through pipes to turbines at the base of the falls.
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91 despistarse en
(v.) = be off inEx. As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.* * *(v.) = be off inEx: As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.
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92 dinamitar
v.to dynamite.Ellos volaron la mina They dynamited the mine.* * *1 to dynamite, blow up* * *VT to dynamite* * *verbo transitivo to dynamite, blow... up ( with dynamite)* * *= blow up, dynamite, blast into, blast.Ex. The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.Ex. In some cases they dynamited homes with the families inside.Ex. The earth is pockmarked with the evidence of ancient collisions - huge craters blasted into its surface by asteroids or comets.Ex. By blasting the face of the falls and excavating an underground cavern, the utility company channeled water through pipes to turbines at the base of the falls.----* abrir dinamitando = blast.* * *verbo transitivo to dynamite, blow... up ( with dynamite)* * *= blow up, dynamite, blast into, blast.Ex: The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.
Ex: In some cases they dynamited homes with the families inside.Ex: The earth is pockmarked with the evidence of ancient collisions - huge craters blasted into its surface by asteroids or comets.Ex: By blasting the face of the falls and excavating an underground cavern, the utility company channeled water through pipes to turbines at the base of the falls.* abrir dinamitando = blast.* * *dinamitar [A1 ]vtto dynamite, blow … up ( with dynamite)* * *
dinamitar ( conjugate dinamitar) verbo transitivo
to dynamite
dinamitar verbo transitivo
1 (destruir con dinamita) to dynamite, blast
2 figurado to ruin, destroy: han dinamitado un posible acuerdo de paz para la región, they've ruined a possible peace plan for the region
* * *dinamitar vt1. [construcción, puente, edificio] to dynamite2. [reunión, asamblea, proyecto] to wreck;trató de dinamitar la representación he tried to wreck the performance* * *v/t dynamite* * *dinamitar vt: to dynamite -
93 distraer
v.1 to amuse, to entertain.2 to distract.¡no me distraigas, que estoy trabajando! don't distract me, I'm working!El payaso distrajo al chico The clown distracted the boy.3 to be entertaining.la lectura distrae mucho reading is fun4 to abstract, to absorb.La música distrae a María Music abstracts Mary.5 to misappropriate, to alienate, to deviate, to divert.Ella distrajo fondos de la escuela She misappropriated school funds.* * *1 (divertir) to amuse, entertain2 (atención) to distract; (pena, dolor, preocupaciones) to take one's mind off3 eufemístico (dinero) to embezzle1 (divertirse) to amuse oneself, enjoy oneself2 (entretenerse) to relax, pass the time3 (despistarse) to get distracted, be inattentive, be absent-minded* * *verb1) to distract2) entertain* * *1. VT1) (=entretener) to entertain, amusedistrajimos a los niños contándoles cuentos — we kept the children entertained o amused by telling them stories
2) (=despistar) to distract (de from)3) (Econ) [+ dinero, fondos] to embezzle4) [moralmente] to lead astray2.VI (=entretener) [pesca, ejercicio] to be relaxing, take your mind off things; [lectura, espectáculo] to be entertaining, take your mind off things3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <persona/atención> to distractb) ( entretener) < persona> to keep... amusedc) <fondos/dinero> to embezzle2.distraerse v prona) (despistarse, descuidarse) to get distractedb) ( entretenerse)* * *= distract.Ex. As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.----* distraer la atención = distract + attention.* distraer + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.* distraerse con otra cosa = sidetrack.* que distrae la atención = distracting.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <persona/atención> to distractb) ( entretener) < persona> to keep... amusedc) <fondos/dinero> to embezzle2.distraerse v prona) (despistarse, descuidarse) to get distractedb) ( entretenerse)* * *= distract.Ex: As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.
* distraer la atención = distract + attention.* distraer + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.* distraerse con otra cosa = sidetrack.* que distrae la atención = distracting.* * *vt1 ‹persona/atención› to distractmientras uno lo distraía el otro le robó la llave while one of them distracted him o distracted his attention the other stole his key[ S ] no distraer al conductor do not distract the driver o the driver's attentiondistraer a algn DE algo to distract sb FROM sthla música me distrajo de la lectura I was distracted from my reading by the musicno me distraigas de mi trabajo don't distract me from my worktengo que hacer algo para distraerlo de sus preocupaciones I have to do something to take his mind off his worries2(entretener): la lectura lo distrae en sus ratos de ocio he enjoys reading in his free timelos distraía contándoles cuentos she entertained them o kept them entertained o kept them amused by telling them stories3 ‹fondos/dinero› to embezzle1 (despistarse, descuidarse) to get distractedme distraje un momento y se quemaron las tostadas I got distracted o my mind wandered for a moment and the toast burnedsi no te distraes, terminarás antes if you keep your mind on what you're doing o if you don't let yourself get distracted you'll finish sooner2(entretenerse): necesitas distraerte un poco, estás siempre metida en casa you need to find something to do o you need to get out and enjoy yourself, you're always stuck in the houseno necesita mucho para distraerse, una hoja de papel y un lápiz le bastan she doesn't need much to keep her amused o entertained, she's quite content with a sheet of paper and a pencilse distraen viendo la televisión they while away o pass the time watching television* * *
distraer ( conjugate distraer) verbo transitivo
distraer a algn de algo ‹de trabajo/estudios› to distract sb from sth ‹ de preocupaciones› to take sb's mind off sth
distraerse verbo pronominal
b) ( entretenerse):
se distrae con cualquier cosa she doesn't need much to keep amused
distraer verbo transitivo
1 (entretener) to entertain: la televisión distrae a la abuela, the television keeps Grandmother amused
2 (desviar la atención) to distract
' distraer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
distraerse
- entretener
English:
distract
- keep from
- divert
- put
* * *♦ vt1. [divertir] to amuse, to entertain;lo que más me distrae es el bricolaje my favourite pastime is do-it-yourself;les contaba cuentos para distraerlos he told them stories to keep them entertained2. [despistar] to distract;¡no me distraigas, que estoy trabajando! don't distract me, I'm working!;tú lo distraes para que yo pueda entrar you distract his attention so I can get in;algo distrajo su atención something distracted her3. [malversar] to embezzle, to misappropriate♦ vi[entretener] to be entertaining;la lectura distrae mucho reading is fun* * *<part distraído> v/t1 distract2:la radio la distrae she enjoys listening to the radio* * *distraer {81} vt1) : to distract2) entretener: to entertain, to amuse* * *distraer vb1. (despistar) to distract -
94 empresa de servicios públicos
public utility company, public utility* * *(n.) = public utility, utility companyEx. The Kahn report saw NICs (neighbourhood information centers) as 'social utilities comparable to the general public utilities (gas, electric, phone) and public services (post office, water supply) which are recognized as vital to the adequate functioning of the individual, the family and the neighborhood in modern society' = El informa Kahn consideraba que los centros de información ciudadana son "empresas de servicio social comparables a las empresas de servicio público generales (el gas, la electricidad, el teléfono) y a los servicios públicos (correos, abastecimiento de agua) que se reconocen que son vitales para el funcionamiento adecuado del indivudo, la familia y la vecindad en la sociedad moderna".Ex. By blasting the face of the falls and excavating an underground cavern, the utility company channeled water through pipes to turbines at the base of the falls.* * *public utility company, public utility* * *(n.) = public utility, utility companyEx: The Kahn report saw NICs (neighbourhood information centers) as 'social utilities comparable to the general public utilities (gas, electric, phone) and public services (post office, water supply) which are recognized as vital to the adequate functioning of the individual, the family and the neighborhood in modern society' = El informa Kahn consideraba que los centros de información ciudadana son "empresas de servicio social comparables a las empresas de servicio público generales (el gas, la electricidad, el teléfono) y a los servicios públicos (correos, abastecimiento de agua) que se reconocen que son vitales para el funcionamiento adecuado del indivudo, la familia y la vecindad en la sociedad moderna".
Ex: By blasting the face of the falls and excavating an underground cavern, the utility company channeled water through pipes to turbines at the base of the falls.* * *public utility (company) -
95 exhortar
v.1 to exhort, to admonish, to lecture, to give an exhortation to.Elsa exhorta a su hijo Elsa admonishes her son.2 to encourage, to incite.Ricardo exhortó a su hijo a ganar Richard encouraged his son to win.3 to issue letters requisitorial.El juzgado exhorta The court issues letters requisitorial.* * *1 to exhort* * *verb* * *VT to exhort* * *verbo transitivo to exhort (frml), urgeexhortar a alguien a + inf or a que + subj — to exhort somebody to + inf (frml), to urge somebody to + inf
* * *= exhort.Ex. As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.* * *verbo transitivo to exhort (frml), urgeexhortar a alguien a + inf or a que + subj — to exhort somebody to + inf (frml), to urge somebody to + inf
* * *= exhort.Ex: As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.
* * *exhortar [A1 ]vtto exhort ( frml), urge exhortar a algn A + INF or A QUE + SUBJ to exhort sb to + INF ( frml), to urge sb to + INFlos exhortó a seguir or a que siguieran he urged them to carry on* * *
exhortar verbo transitivo to exhort, urge: le exhorto a que deponga su actitud, I urge you to abandon your position
' exhortar' also found in these entries:
English:
exhort
- urge
* * *exhortar vtFormalexhortar a alguien a hacer algo, exhortar a alguien a que haga algo to exhort o urge sb to do sth;ella me exhortó a no abandonar she exhorted o urged me not to give up* * *v/t exhort (a to)* * *exhortar vt: to exhort -
96 gruta
f.grotto.* * *1 cavern, grotto, cave* * *SF cavern, grotto* * ** * *= grotto.Ex. In the palace there are two special rooms: the grotto Room and the Mirror Room.* * ** * *= grotto.Ex: In the palace there are two special rooms: the grotto Room and the Mirror Room.
* * *1 (natural) cave2 (artificial) grotto* * *
gruta sustantivo femenino ( natural) cave;
( artificial) grotto
gruta sustantivo femenino cave
los osos hibernan en una gruta de la montaña, the bears hibernate in a mountain cave
' gruta' also found in these entries:
English:
grotto
* * *gruta nf1. [natural] cave2. [artificial] grotto* * *f cave; artificial grotto* * *gruta nf: grotto, cave* * *gruta n cave -
97 incitar
v.1 to incite (a la violencia).el hambre le incitó a robar hunger made him steal¿qué le incitó a hacerlo? what made him do it?María incitó a la multitud Mary incited the multitude2 to abet, to instigate.María incitó al policía Mary abetted the cop.* * *1 to incite (a, to)* * *verb1) to incite2) urge, encourage* * *VT to incite* * *verbo transitivo* * *= arouse, fuel, prompt, spur, spur on, abet, exhort, instigate, tease, egg on, emplace, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], set off, goad, incite.Ex. The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.Ex. As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.Ex. For them musical performance emplaces and embodies community identities in very specific ways.Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.Ex. Al Qaeda will goad us into war with Iran because it serves their own interests.Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.----* incitar a = sting into.* incitar a Alguien a la acción = stir + Nombre + into action.* incitar camorra = rustle up + trouble.* incitar controversia = arouse + controversy.* incitar el odio = incite + hatred.* incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.* incitar hostilidad = arouse + hostility.* incitar la curiosidad = provoke + curiosity, excite + curiosity.* incitar la violencia = incite + violence.* incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.* incitar una respuesta = provoke + response.* preguntas para incitar el debate = discussion question.* que incita a la reflexión = provocative of.* * *verbo transitivo* * *= arouse, fuel, prompt, spur, spur on, abet, exhort, instigate, tease, egg on, emplace, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], set off, goad, incite.Ex: The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.
Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.Ex: As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.Ex: For them musical performance emplaces and embodies community identities in very specific ways.Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.Ex: Al Qaeda will goad us into war with Iran because it serves their own interests.Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.* incitar a = sting into.* incitar a Alguien a la acción = stir + Nombre + into action.* incitar camorra = rustle up + trouble.* incitar controversia = arouse + controversy.* incitar el odio = incite + hatred.* incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.* incitar hostilidad = arouse + hostility.* incitar la curiosidad = provoke + curiosity, excite + curiosity.* incitar la violencia = incite + violence.* incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.* incitar una respuesta = provoke + response.* preguntas para incitar el debate = discussion question.* que incita a la reflexión = provocative of.* * *incitar [A1 ]vtincitar a algn A algo to incite sb TO sthincitaron al ejército a la rebelión they incited the army to rebellion o to rebelpelículas que incitan a la violencia films which encourage violence o which incite people to violencelo hizo incitado por sus compañeros his friends encouraged him to do it, his friends put him up to it ( colloq)incitar a algn CONTRA algn to incite sb AGAINST sblos incitaba contra sus superiores he was inciting them against their superiors* * *
incitar ( conjugate incitar) verbo transitivo incitar a algn a algo to incite sb to sth;
incitar a algn contra algn to incite sb against sb
incitar verbo transitivo to incite, urge: sus discursos incitaron a la rebelión, his speeches incited them to rebellion
' incitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
azuzar
- desafiar
- invitar
- picar
- tentar
- empujar
- empujón
English:
egg on
- incite
- put up to
- spur
- sting
- tempt
- egg
- stir
- whip
* * *incitar vtto incite;un discurso que incita a la violencia a speech inciting people to violence;el hambre lo incitó a robar hunger made him steal;¿qué le incitó a hacerlo? what made him do it?;incitar a alguien a la fuga/venganza to urge sb to flee/avenge himself* * *v/t incite* * *incitar vt: to incite, to rouse -
98 गह्वर _gahvara
गह्वर a. (-रा or-री f.).1 Deep, impervious; Bhāg.1.6.13.-2 Confused (in mind); बभूव गह्वरो ग्रामवासी को$पि जडः पुमान् Ks.61.39,41.-रम् 1 An abyss, a depth.-2 A thicket, forest; गुल्मतृणवीरुद्भिर्गह्वरमिव भव- त्येवमेव गृहाश्रमः Bhāg.5.14.4.-3 A cave, cavern; गौरीगुरोर्गह्वरमाविवेश R.2.26.46; Ṛs.1.21.-4 An inaccessible place.-5 A hiding-place.-6 A riddle.-7 Hypocrisy.-8 Weeping, crying.-9 Water.-1 A deep sigh.-रः An arbour, bower.-री 1 A cave, cavern, recess in a rock or mountain.-2 The earth. -
99 büyük mağara
n. cavern* * *cavern -
100 mağara
n. cave, cavern, grotto, den* * *1. cave 2. cavern 3. den 4. grotto
См. также в других словарях:
cavern — [kav′ərn] n. [ME & OFr caverne < L caverna < cavus: see CAVE] a cave, esp. a large cave vt. 1. to enclose in or as in a cavern 2. to hollow out: often with out … English World dictionary
Cavern — Cav ern, n. [L. caverna, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. caverne.] A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cavern — late 14c., from O.Fr. caverne (12c.) cave, vault, cellar, from L.L. caverna cave, from L. cavus (see CAVE (Cf. cave)). In O.E. such a land feature might be called an eorðscræf … Etymology dictionary
cavern — [n] hollow in land formation cave, grotto, hole, pothole, subterrane, subterranean area; concept 509 … New thesaurus
cavern — ► NOUN 1) a large cave, or chamber in a cave. 2) a vast, dark space. DERIVATIVES cavernous adjective. ORIGIN Latin caverna, from cavus hollow … English terms dictionary
cavern — [[t]kæ̱və(r)n[/t]] caverns 1) N COUNT A cavern is a large deep cave. 2) N COUNT If you describe the inside of a building or a room as a cavern, you mean that it is very large and, usually, dark or without much furniture. The kitchen now is a dark … English dictionary
cavern — I. noun Etymology: Middle English caverne, from Middle French, from Latin caverna, from cavus Date: 14th century cave; especially one of large or indefinite extent II. transitive verb Date: circa 1630 1. to place in or as if in a cavern 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
cavern — /kav euhrn/, n. 1. a cave, esp. one that is large and mostly underground. 2. Pathol. a cavity that is produced by disease, esp. one produced in the lungs by tuberculosis. v.t. 3. to enclose in or as if in a cavern. 4. to hollow out to form a… … Universalium
cavern — UK [ˈkævə(r)n] / US [ˈkævərn] noun [countable] Word forms cavern : singular cavern plural caverns a large cave … English dictionary
cavern — cav•ern [[t]ˈkæv ərn[/t]] n. 1) gel a cave, esp. one that is large and mostly underground 2) to enclose in or as if in a cavern 3) to form a cavern of (often fol. by out) • Etymology: 1325–75; ME caverne < L caverna=cav(us) hollow + erna, as… … From formal English to slang
cavern — 1. Underground opening in soluble rock similar to a cave. When used as a noun, it refers to large openings, but when used as an adjective it tends to refer to rock texture and so to small openings. However, in some countries (e.g., Russia)… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology