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cave·man

(kāv′măn′)
n.
1. A prehistoric or primitive human living in caves.
2. Informal A man who is crude or ill-mannered, especially toward women.
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caveman

(ˈkeɪvˌmæn)
n, pl -men
1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a man of the Palaeolithic age; cave dweller
2. informal facetious a man who is primitive or brutal in behaviour, etc
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caveman

A prehistoric human being who lived in a cave, especially in the Paleolithic Age.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:caveman - someone who lives in a cave]caveman - someone who lives in a cave
primitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
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Translations
ساكِنُ الكُهوف
jeskynní člověk
hulemand
barlanglakó
steinaldarmaîur, hellisbúi
jaskynný človek
grottmänniska
mağara adamı

caveman

[ˈkeɪvmæn] N (cavemen (pl))
1. (Anthropology) → hombre m de las cavernas, cavernícola m, troglodita m; (more loosely) → hombre m prehistórico
2. (aggressively masculine) → machote m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

caveman

[ˈkeɪvmæn] n → homme m des cavernes cave painting n → peinture f rupestre
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

caveman

[ˈkeɪvˌmæn] n (-men (pl)) → cavernicolo, uomo delle caverne
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cave

(keiv) noun
a large natural hollow in rock or in the earth. The children explored the caves. grot كَهْف пещера gruta jeskyně die Höhle hule σπηλιά cueva, caverna koobas غار luola grotte מערה गुफा špilja barlang gua hellir caverna, grotta ほら穴 동굴 urvas ala gua grot grotte, hule jaskinia سمڅ، سمڅه، غار: په سياسى حزب كې انشعاب كوونكى-اقليت: په سمځه كې استو ګنه gruta peş­teră пещера jaskyňa jama, votlina pećina grotta, håla ถ้ํา mağara 山洞 печера غار hang động 山洞
ˈcaveman (-mӕn) noun
in prehistoric times, a person who lived in a cave. Cavemen dressed in the skins of animals. grotbewoner ساكِنُ الكُهوف пещерняк homem das cavernas jeskynní člověk der Höhlenmensch hulemand άνθρωπος των σπηλαίων hombre de las cavernas koopaelanik انسان غارنشین luolamies homme des cavernes אִיש מְעֲרוֹת गुहामानव, गुफावासी špiljski čovjek barlanglakó orang gua steinaldarmaður, hellisbúi cavernicolo 穴居人 동굴인 urvinis žmogus alu cilvēks orang zaman batu holbewoner huleboer, steinaldermann jaskiniowiec په سمځه کی استوګنه homem das cavernas om al cavernelor пещерный человек jaskynný človek jamski človek pećinski čovek grottmänniska มนุษย์ในยุคหินที่อาศัยอยู่ในถ้ํา mağara adamı (史前時代)穴居人 печерна людина غاروں میں رہنے والا آدمی người ở hang (石器时代)穴居人
cave in
(of walls etc) to collapse. instort يَنْهار،يَتَقَوَّض срутвам се desmoronar zřítit se; propadnout se einstürzen styrte sammen; skride sammen καταρρέω derrumbarse, desplomarse sisse varisema فرو ریختن sortua s'effondrer לְהִתמוֹטֵט दीवारों इत्यादि का अंदर धंस जाना urušenje beomlik runtuh hrynja crollare, franare くずれ落ちる 함몰되다 įkristi iebrukt; iegrimt roboh instorten styrte sammen zapadać się سمڅه desmoronar a se pră­buşi обваливаться prepadnúť sa zrušiti se urušiti se störta in, rasa การพังทลายลง çökmek, göçmek 坍陷 утворювати западини باز آنا ، ہار ماننا sụp đổ 塌陷,坍方
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And there were editorials written in which he was called an enemy of society, possessed of the manners and culture of a caveman, a fomenter of wasteful business troubles, the destroyer of the city's prosperity in commerce and trade, an anarchist of dire menace; and one editorial gravely recommended that hanging would be a lesson to him and his ilk, and concluded with the fervent hope that some day his big motor-car would smash up and smash him with it.
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Truly she was my woman, my mate-woman, fighting with me and for me as the mate of a caveman would have fought, all the primitive in her aroused, forgetful of her culture, hard under the softening civilization of the only life she had ever known.
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If the caveman had known how to laugh, history would have been different."
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