Sickness sits cavern'd in his hollow eye (Byron).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
cav´ern|ous|ly — cav|ern|ous «KAV uhr nuhs», adjective. 1. a) like a cavern; large and hollow: »a cavernous cellar. This was a cavernous structure that had once been an aquarium (New Yorker). b) Figurative. deep set: »cavernous eyes. 2. characteristic of caverns … Useful english dictionary
cav|ern|ous — «KAV uhr nuhs», adjective. 1. a) like a cavern; large and hollow: »a cavernous cellar. This was a cavernous structure that had once been an aquarium (New Yorker). b) Figurative. deep set: »cavernous eyes. 2. characteristic of caverns: »cavernous… … Useful english dictionary
cav·ern — /ˈkævɚn/ noun, pl erns [count] : a large cave … Useful english dictionary
cav·ern·ous — … Useful english dictionary
cav — bul·bo·cav·er·no·sus; bul·bo·cav·er·nous; cav; cav·a·lier·ism; cav·a·lier·ly; cav·al·ry; cav·al·ry·man; cav·a·scope; cav·a·ti·na; cav·a·yard; cav·en·dish; cav·er; cav·er·nic·o·lous; cav·er·no·ma; cav·er·nos·to·my; cav·ern·ous; cav·es·son;… … English syllables
ern — ad·a·ma·wa east·ern; cav·ern·ous; east·ern·er; east·ern·ism; east·ern·ize; east·ern·ly; east·ern·most; gov·ern; gov·ern·able; gov·ern·ance; gov·ern·ment; gov·ern·men·tal; gov·ern·men·tal·ism; gov·ern·men·tal·ist; gov·ern·men·tal·iza·tion;… … English syllables
cavern — cav·ern … English syllables
cavernous — cav•ern•ous [[t]ˈkæv ər nəs[/t]] adj. 1) being or resembling a cavern: a cavernous room[/ex] 2) deep set 3) hollow and deep sounding: a cavernous voice[/ex] 4) containing caverns 5) full of small cavities; porous • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L … From formal English to slang
cavern — cav•ern [[t]ˈkæv ərn[/t]] n. 1) gel a cave, esp. one that is large and mostly underground 2) to enclose in or as if in a cavern 3) to form a cavern of (often fol. by out) • Etymology: 1325–75; ME caverne < L caverna=cav(us) hollow + erna, as… … From formal English to slang
cavern — cav|ern [ˈkævən US ərn] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: caverne, from Latin caverna, from cavus; CAVE1] a large ↑cave … Dictionary of contemporary English
