Meaning of "cavern" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAVERN

From Old French caverne, from Latin caverna, from cavus hollow.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CAVERN

cavern  [ˈkævən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAVERN

Cavern is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cavern in English.

WHAT DOES CAVERN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cave

A cave or cavern is a hollow place in the ground, especially natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. Caves form naturally by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word "cave" can also refer to much smaller openings such as sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos. Speleology is the science of exploration and study of all aspects of caves and the environment that surrounds the caves. Exploring a cave for recreation or science may be called caving, potholing, or spelunking.

Definition of cavern in the English dictionary

The first definition of cavern in the dictionary is a cave, esp when large and formed by underground water, or a large chamber in a cave. Other definition of cavern is to shut in or as if in a cavern. Cavern is also to hollow out.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CAVERN

PRESENT

Present

I cavern

you cavern

he/she/it caverns

we cavern

you cavern

they cavern

Present continuous

I am caverning

you are caverning

he/she/it is caverning

we are caverning

you are caverning

they are caverning

Present perfect

I have caverned

you have caverned

he/she/it has caverned

we have caverned

you have caverned

they have caverned

Present perfect continuous

I have been caverning

you have been caverning

he/she/it has been caverning

we have been caverning

you have been caverning

they have been caverning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I caverned

you caverned

he/she/it caverned

we caverned

you caverned

they caverned

Past continuous

I was caverning

you were caverning

he/she/it was caverning

we were caverning

you were caverning

they were caverning

Past perfect

I had caverned

you had caverned

he/she/it had caverned

we had caverned

you had caverned

they had caverned

Past perfect continuous

I had been caverning

you had been caverning

he/she/it had been caverning

we had been caverning

you had been caverning

they had been caverning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will cavern

you will cavern

he/she/it will cavern

we will cavern

you will cavern

they will cavern

Future continuous

I will be caverning

you will be caverning

he/she/it will be caverning

we will be caverning

you will be caverning

they will be caverning

Future perfect

I will have caverned

you will have caverned

he/she/it will have caverned

we will have caverned

you will have caverned

they will have caverned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been caverning

you will have been caverning

he/she/it will have been caverning

we will have been caverning

you will have been caverning

they will have been caverning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would cavern

you would cavern

he/she/it would cavern

we would cavern

you would cavern

they would cavern

Conditional continuous

I would be caverning

you would be caverning

he/she/it would be caverning

we would be caverning

you would be caverning

they would be caverning

Conditional perfect

I would have cavern

you would have cavern

he/she/it would have cavern

we would have cavern

you would have cavern

they would have cavern

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been caverning

you would have been caverning

he/she/it would have been caverning

we would have been caverning

you would have been caverning

they would have been caverning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you cavern
we let´s cavern
you cavern

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to cavern

Past participle

caverned

Present Participle

caverning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CAVERN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cavern» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of cavern

cave · grotto · hollow · pothole

TRANSLATION OF CAVERN

Find out the translation of cavern to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cavern from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cavern» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 巨穴
• Translator English - Spanish: caverna
• English: cavern
• Translator English - Hindi: गुफा
• Translator English - Arabic: كهف
• Translator English - Russian: пещера
• Translator English - Portuguese: caverna
• Translator English - Bengali: গুহা
• Translator English - French: caverne
• Translator English - Malay: Gua
• Translator English - German: Höhle
• Translator English - Japanese: 大洞窟
• Translator English - Korean: 큰 동굴
• Translator English - Javanese: Cavern
• Translator English - Vietnamese: hang lớn
• Translator English - Tamil: குகை
• Translator English - Marathi: गुहा
• Translator English - Turkish: mağara
• Translator English - Italian: caverna
• Translator English - Polish: pieczara
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Печера
• Translator English - Romanian: cavernă
• Translator English - Greek: σπήλαιο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: grot
• Translator English - Swedish: grotta
• Translator English - Norwegian: grotte

QUOTES WITH «CAVERN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cavern.

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George Berkeley

The eye by long use comes to see even in the darkest cavern: and there is no subject so obscure but we may discern some glimpse of truth by long poring on it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAVERN»

Discover the use of cavern in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cavern and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Cavern of Black Ice: The Sword of Shadows

When Raif and Drey Sevrance return home to their clan as the only survivors of a vicious attack in which both their father and the clan chief, were killed, everything changes for Raif.

J. V. Jones, 2010

Cavern of the Blood Zombies

A grave robber searching for an ancient tomb instead finds a labyrinthine cavern full of dead bodies and must battle vampires, blood zombies, and corpse-eating bugs in order to escape.

Xu Lei, 2011

Cavern

Now in paperback, this gripping novel of mysterious disappearances and subterranean terrors pits nuclear experts against a horror even they could not imagine.

Jake Page, 2003

Cobble Cavern

cautiously entered the scantily lit cavern. A thick, roaming, gray fog enveloped them within its haze for a short moment, then departed and lingered about the cavern floor with no sense of direction. “That's somethin' ya don't see every day,” said ...

Erik Olsen, 2012

Escape from the Cavern

Gregory, Valea, their baby Crys and Taylok leave Rockworld and arrive in a small Wyoming town.

Allen Mabra, 2004

Scarlet Cavern

Vonna Harper. that to stay on.” He chuckled. “Lindsay. Talk about jugs! Trick of the trade. I got her nipples hard first with ice. Then the string went on easy. If you' d bought into the service, you'd have seen some close-ups of the marks I made.

Vonna Harper, 2004

Cavern of the Fear

The Shadow Lord's evil tyranny over Deltora has ended.

Emily Rodda, 2011

The Time Cavern

When ten-year-old Aaron Logan moved from the big city to the middle of Amish country, he felt transported to a different and simpler time and place.

Todd A. Fonseca, 2009

SME Mining Engineering Handbook

Typical SPR crude oil storage cavern profile, West Hackberry Cavern No. 101, Louisiana. A = crude oil; B = rock sump (courtesy: PB-KBB Inc.). Conversion factor: 1 ft = 0.3048 m. 3. LNG stored in a salt cavern would cause heat flow from the ...

The cavern of the screaming skulls

Three missing gems. One dangerous cave. One life in the balance. You are on a race against time ... and death. May the Force be with you.

Ryder Windham, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAVERN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cavern is used in the context of the following news items.

You Are a Tourist

Tourists eagerly observe the many features of this Virginia cavern, only pausing briefly to check Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and, what the ... «Harvard Crimson, Jul 15»

Recovery efforts resume in Washington state ice cave collapse

... the partial collapse of an ice cave in Washington state that also injured five others, but the cavern was too dangerous to enter, an official said. «Yahoo News, Jul 15»

Produce Exchange building plans approved

The scheme is the latest in a series of projects to help breathe new life into the world famous Cavern Quarter. Based on Victoria Street, but ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»

Summer activities around the region

If you're up for even more adventure, glide over Gold Country at the Zip Lines at Moaning Cavern. Cross a 60-foot long sky bridge before ... «Modesto Bee, Jul 15»

Sewer District touts $330 million in savings, reduced sewage …

The revised plan excavated two smaller shafts connected by an underground cavern, thus reducing the amount of excavation, transportation ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»

DOE sets out to 'right-size' archaic Strategic Petroleum Reserve

But beneath each one of these 20 pad sites, about 1,000 feet down, sits an artificial cavern much larger than the volume of the Empire State ... «Environment & Energy Publishing, Jul 15»

Why Fermilab could blast up campus, shake up Batavia neighbors

The neutrinos will travel on to a detector 183 feet underground on Fermilab property, then to detectors in a cavern 4,850 feet below ground at ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»

Indian Hills to host two more concerts

... band that uses period costumes and instruments and has performed like the Beatles at the legendary Cavern Club in Liverpool, England. «News Item, Jul 15»

Deadline for fourth gaming license passes; Tioga Downs is only …

... Albany-area businessman Jeffrey Hyman, who had submitted a bid to develop a casino at Howe Cavern's in Schoharie County, N.Y. during ... «Towanda Daily Review, Jul 15»

Topsham's Max Alexander to launch debut EP at Exeter's Cavern

The EP launch takes place on Thursday at the Cavern Club, off Queen Street, Exeter, from 8pm. Tickets cost £3.50 (£4.50 on the door) and are ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»