Cave vs. Cage

Cavenoun

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

Cavenoun

A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.

Cavenoun

A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.

Cavenoun

A place of retreat, such as a man cave.

Cavenoun

(caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.

Cavenoun

(nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.

Cavenoun

Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.

Cavenoun

(mining) A collapse or cave-in.

Cavenoun

The vagina.

Cavenoun

A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.

Cavenoun

(obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.

Cavenoun

(programming) A code cave.

Caveverb

To surrender.

Caveverb

To collapse.

Caveverb

To hollow out or undermine.

Caveverb

To engage in the recreational exploration of caves; to spelunk.

Caveverb

(mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.

Caveverb

To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.

Caveverb

(obsolete) To dwell in a cave.

Caveinterjection

look out!; beware!

Cavenoun

A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.

Cavenoun

Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.

Cavenoun

A coalition or group of seceders from a political party, as from the Liberal party in England in 1866. See Adullam, Cave of, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Caveverb

To make hollow; to scoop out.

Caveverb

To dwell in a cave.

Caveverb

To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter.

Cavenoun

an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

Caveverb

hollow out as if making a cave or opening;

Caveverb

explore natural caves

Cavenoun

a natural underground chamber in a hillside or cliff

Caveverb

explore caves as a sport

Caveverb

capitulate or submit under pressure; cave in

Caveinterjection

(among children) look out!

Cave

A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground.

Cagenoun

An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.

Cagenoun

The passenger compartment of a lift.

Cagenoun

The goal.

Cagenoun

An automobile.

Cagenoun

(figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.

Cagenoun

(athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.

Cagenoun

An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.

Cagenoun

(engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.

Cagenoun

A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.

Cagenoun

(mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

Cagenoun

(baseball) The catcher's wire mask.

Cagenoun

(graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.

Cageverb

To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.

Cageverb

(figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.

Cageverb

To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.

Cagenoun

A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.

Cagenoun

A place of confinement for malefactors

Cagenoun

An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.

Cagenoun

A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.

Cagenoun

The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.

Cagenoun

The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

Cagenoun

The catcher's wire mask.

Cageverb

To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.

Cagenoun

an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept

Cagenoun

something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement

Cagenoun

United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)

Cagenoun

the net that is the goal in ice hockey

Cagenoun

a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice

Cageverb

confine in a cage;

Cage

A cage is an enclosure often made of mesh, bars, or wires, used to confine, contain or protect something or someone. A cage can serve many purposes, including keeping an animal or person in captivity, capturing an animal or person, and displaying an animal at a zoo.