caver

kave

Definition

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Definition of caver - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

terrassement

tr./intr.

Rare

creuser pour faire un trou ou une cavité dans le sol

tr./intr.

Rare

Les ouvriers cavent le terrain pour construire les fondations.

creuser

excaver

truffes

intr.

TECH.

chercher des truffes en creusant dans le sol

intr.

TECH.

Le chien aide son maître à caver sous les chênes.

truffer

jeu

tr.

Dated

parier une somme d'argent dans certains jeux de cartes

tr.

Dated

Il décide de caver cinquante euros dans cette partie de brelan.

jouer

miser

escrime

intr.

Dated

retirer le corps en arrière lors d'une botte d'escrime

intr.

Dated

L'escrimeur cave habilement pour éviter l'attaque de son adversaire.

esquiver

se retirer

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Origin of caver

latin, cavare (creuser)

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miner

érosion

creuser ou caver lentement

Examples of caver in a sentence

On a commencé à caver sous la vieille maison.
Ils vont caver à l’aube dans la forêt.
On apprend à caver avec un cochon dressé.
Elle préfère caver petit au début de la partie.
Nous allons tous caver avant de distribuer les cartes.
Il doit apprendre à caver plus rapidement en compétition.

Pendant l’entraînement, elle cave pour esquiver la touche.

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English:dig, hunt for truffles, ...
German:ausheben, trüffeln, ...
Italian:scavare, cavare, ...
Spanish:cavar, buscar trufas, ...
Portuguese:escavar, cavar trufas, ...
Chinese:挖掘, 挖松露, ...
Japanese:穴を掘る, トリュフを掘る, ...
Arabic:حفر, نبش الكمأ, ...
Hebrew:לַחְפּוֹר, לְחַפּוֹר בָּאֲדָמָה, ...
Russian:копать, искать трюфели, ...
Ukrainian:копати, шукати трюфелі, ...
Catalan:excavar, tòfonar, ...
Danish:grave, lede efter trøfler ved at grave i jorden, ...
Dutch:graven, truffels zoeken, ...
Greek:σκάβω, αναζητώ, ...
Hungarian:üreget ásni, szarvasgombát keresni, ...
Khmer:ជីក, ជីករក, ...
Korean:파다, 송로버섯을 캐다, ...
Polish:kopać, szukać trufli, ...
Portuguese (BR):cavar, cavar trufas, ...
Romanian:a săpa, a căuta trufe, ...
Swedish:gräva, gräva efter tryffel, ...
Thai:ขุด, ขุดหาทรัฟเฟิล, ...
Turkish:kazmak, trüf aramak, ...
Vietnamese:đào, đào tìm nấm truffle, ...

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Definition of caver - Reverso French Dictionary

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