Caverned

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pitted or hollowed out with caverns. poetic

    "The wolves yelled on the caverned hill Where echo tolled in thunder still;"

  2. 2
    Living in a cavern.

    "No Bandit fierce, no Tyrant mad with pride, / No cavern'd Hermit, reſt ſelf-ſatisfy'd; / Who moſt to ſhun or hate mankind pretend, / Seek an Admirer, or wou'd fix a Friend."

Synonyms

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abriantreboxbunkerburrowbuttonhole

Example

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"His ships he hides within a sheltering cove, / screened by the caverned rock, and shadowed by the grove, / then wielding in his hand two broad-tipt spears, / alone with brave Achates forth he strayed."

Etymology

From cavern + -ed.

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