Definition of "cave"

The preposterous altruism too! […] Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.

1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company

Every boy at one time or another has dug a cave; I suppose because ages and ages ago his ancestors had to live in caves, […]

1918, Edward Alfred Steiner, Uncle Joe's Lincoln‎, page 52

These potential radiation fields or radioactive material levels may be the result of normal operations (ie, radiation in a target cave) […]

1986, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Radiation Alarms and Access Control Systems‎, page 45

[…] the casing can then be placed in the hole without encountering any cave and core drilling in rock can begin.

1951, James Deans Cumming, Diamond Drill Handbook‎, page 134

The "breasts" of marble which unite the opposite lateral walls have been left standing in order to prevent a possible cave of the wall on either side.

1885, Angelo Heilprin, Town Geology: The Lesson of the Philadelphia Rocks‎, page 79

Then without a word she lay on her back in the bed, her dark blond pubic hair rising about her dark wet cave like dried brush about a hidden spring.

1976, Chester Himes, My Life of Absurdity‎, page 59

Without joining the cave, Hyde had abstained both in December 1956 and May 1957.

1964, Leon D. Epstein, British Politics in the Suez Crisis‎, page 125

the cave of the ear

1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]

Once a code cave is created, you can execute it using either thread injection or thread hijacking. […] Additionally, you'd need to make sure that the cave properly cleans the stack.

2016, Nick Cano, Game Hacking: Developing Autonomous Bots for Online Games

On Friday morning, Salvador Illa, the former health minister of Spain who now leads the Catalan branch of the PSOE, said the socialists would be happy to fight another general election rather than cave to Junts and the ERC’s demands.

2023 September 29, Sam Jones, “Alberto Núñez Feijóo fails to win Spanish MPs’ backing to become PM”, in The Guardian‎

Pam has been caving for 25 years. She and her husband Tim are among the top cavers in the country. They are passionate about the world hidden beneath our feet and they were to be my instructors and guides on my first ever foray below ground that didn't involve getting on the tube.

2007 September 29, Kate Humble, “What lies beneath”, in The Guardian‎

As an indication of the miners' desperation in these years, the free miners of Wensley lowered themselves to caving for scraps of ore.

1999, Andy Wood, The Politics of Social Conflict: The Peak Country, 1520-1770‎, page 319

although perhaps / It may be heard at court that such as we / Cave here, hunt here, are outlaws, and in time / May make some stronger head

a. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, act 4, scene 2

Ssh! Cave! Mum's the word! Not 'arf, or what?

1989, Ben Elton, Richard Curtis, Private Plane (Blackadder Goes Forth), season 4, episode 4, spoken by Lt. George (Hugh Laurie)