cavern
/ˈkæv.ɚn/ verb C2- To form a cavern or deep depression in. · catacombs caverning the hillsides
- To put into a cavern.
He/she/it caverns · Past caverned · Past participle caverned · -ing form caverning
Verb forms
- Base form
- cavern
- He/she/it
- caverns
- Past
- caverned
- Past participle
- caverned
- -ing form
- caverning
From the library
Aided by the remaining fragment, I guessed the rest; measuring the length of the lines by those of the paper, and divining the hidden meaning by means of what was in part revealed, as we are guided in a cavern by the small ray of light above us.”
I see it in the depths of the inner cavern.
After having stood a few minutes in the cavern, the atmosphere of which was rather warm than damp, Dantès’ eye, habituated as it was to darkness, could pierce even to the remotest angles of the cavern, which was of granite that sparkled like diamonds.
Dantès had tasted nothing, but he thought not of hunger at such a moment; he hastily swallowed a few drops of rum, and again entered the cavern.
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