Den vs. Cave

Dennoun

A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.

Dennoun

A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.

Dennoun

A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.

Dennoun

A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.

Dennoun

(a unit of weight)

Denverb

(reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.

Dennoun

A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.

Dennoun

A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice.

Dennoun

Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone.

Dennoun

A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.

Denverb

To live in, or as in, a den.

Dennoun

the habitation of wild animals

Dennoun

a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws

Dennoun

a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts

Dennoun

a room that is comfortable and secluded

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.