caveman

«caveman» in Mova's school dictionary: A person from very long ago, in the Stone Age, who is… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (caveman, cavemen; cavewoman, cavewomen)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person from very long ago, in the Stone Age, who is imagined as living in caves. tree →

2) (informal) A rough or old-fashioned man with rude manners. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, early humans in the Stone Age sometimes sheltered in caves and made cave paintings, but many lived in huts and tents too. In cartoons, cavemen often wrongly live with dinosaurs. Calling someone a caveman teases them for being rough.

examples

• Cavemen painted animals on the walls. tree →
• The caveman made a spear from flint. tree →
• In the cartoon, a caveman rode a dinosaur. tree →
• Stone Age people did not all live in caves. tree →
• Stop eating like a caveman! tree →
• We built a caveman shelter in the woods. tree →

note

Plural: cavemen. Myth trap: people and dinosaurs never lived at the same time. Many historians prefer «Stone Age people».

In the corpora

• Cartoon cavemen who grunt and ride dinosaurs are pure fantasy: dinosaurs died out about 66 million years before the first humans.
• Ethan's mate says one caveman rubbed two sticks and boom, fire; Ethan says «sus», meaning suspicious.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «caveman» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.