Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
CAVE
cave
(noun) a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
cave, spelunk
(verb) explore natural caves
cave, undermine
(verb) hollow out as if making a cave or opening; “The river was caving the banks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
cave (plural caves)
A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
(caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
(nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
(drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
(mining) A collapse or cave-in.
(figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
(slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
(obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
(programming) A code cave.
Synonyms
• earthhole
Verb
cave (third-person singular simple present caves, present participle caving, simple past and past participle caved)
To surrender.
To collapse.
To hollow out or undermine.
To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
Synonym: spelunk
(mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
(mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
(obsolete) To dwell in a cave.
Etymology 2
Interjection
cave
(British, public school slang) look out!; beware!
Synonyms
• heads up, look out, watch it, see also heads up
Anagrams
• evac
Proper noun
Cave
The 18th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
A surname.
Anagrams
• evac
Source: Wiktionary
Cave, n. Etym: [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea cavity. Cf. Cage.]
1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of the ear." Bacon. Cave bear (Zoöl.), a very large fossil bear (Ursus spelæus) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves.
– Cave dweller, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. Tylor.
– Cave hyena (Zoöl.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena.
– Cave lion (Zoöl.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion.
– Bone cave. See under Bone.
Cave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caved; p. pr. & vb. n. Caving.] Etym: [Cf. F. caver. See Cave, n.]
Definition: To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.] The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. Spenser.
Cave, v. i.
1. To dwell in a cave. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Etym: [See To cave in, below.]
Definition: 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. To cave in. Etym: [Flem. inkalven.] (a) To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit. (b) To submit; to yield. [Slang] H. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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