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cache
noun
ˈkash

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements
    a secure place of storage //discovered a cache of weapons
  • something hidden or stored in a cache //The cache consisted of documents and private letters.
  • a computer memory with very short access time used for storage of frequently or recently used instructions or data

    called also cache memory

verb
cached; cach​ing

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • transitive ​verb
  • to place (something) in a cache: such as
    to place or store (something) in a hidden or secure place for safety or concealment //cache camp supplies by a lake //coins cached in a teapot
    computers to place (instructions or data) in cache memory for temporary storage //caching websites to speed up future retrieval
Examples
Noun
  • //a weapons cache used by terrorists
  • //Police found a cache of stolen cars in the woods.
  • //Her new laptop has one megabyte of cache.
Verb
  • //an eccentric who cached money in odd places, such as under the boards of the floor
  • //cached the fugitives in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada
First Known Use
Noun
1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1805, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Noun
borrowed from North American French, from French, "hiding place," noun derivative of cacher "to hide, conceal," going back to Old French cachier, quaichier "to put away, lock up, cover, remove from view, conceal" (also Middle French cacher "to press, crush"), going back to Vulgar Latin *coācticāre "to press, constrict," from Latin coāctāre "to compel" (frequentative of cōgere "to drive together, collect, compress, compel") + -icāre, verb formative — more at cogent

NOTE: The etymological sense "to compress, constrict" is not attested for the Old French verb, though it likely existed and is apparent in the prefixed form escachier "to crush and flatten, break by pressing or falling on." From the sense "compress" presumably developed the senses "lock up, cover, put away," and hence "remove from view, conceal," common from the sixteenth century. The sense "to press, crush" is marginally evident in Middle French in areas in contact with Occitan, though it penetrated widely enough to form the basis for the derivative cachet "seal" (see cachet).

Verb
verbal derivative of cache entry 1
cache
noun

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)


cache
noun
ˈkash

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements
    a secure place of storage //discovered a cache of weapons
  • something hidden or stored in a cache //The cache consisted of documents and private letters.
  • a computer memory with very short access time used for storage of frequently or recently used instructions or data

    called also cache memory

verb
cached; cach​ing

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • transitive ​verb
  • to place (something) in a cache: such as
    to place or store (something) in a hidden or secure place for safety or concealment //cache camp supplies by a lake //coins cached in a teapot
    computers to place (instructions or data) in cache memory for temporary storage //caching websites to speed up future retrieval
Examples
Noun
  • //a weapons cache used by terrorists
  • //Police found a cache of stolen cars in the woods.
  • //Her new laptop has one megabyte of cache.
Verb
  • //an eccentric who cached money in odd places, such as under the boards of the floor
  • //cached the fugitives in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada
First Known Use
Noun
1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1805, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Noun
borrowed from North American French, from French, "hiding place," noun derivative of cacher "to hide, conceal," going back to Old French cachier, quaichier "to put away, lock up, cover, remove from view, conceal" (also Middle French cacher "to press, crush"), going back to Vulgar Latin *coācticāre "to press, constrict," from Latin coāctāre "to compel" (frequentative of cōgere "to drive together, collect, compress, compel") + -icāre, verb formative — more at cogent

NOTE: The etymological sense "to compress, constrict" is not attested for the Old French verb, though it likely existed and is apparent in the prefixed form escachier "to crush and flatten, break by pressing or falling on." From the sense "compress" presumably developed the senses "lock up, cover, put away," and hence "remove from view, conceal," common from the sixteenth century. The sense "to press, crush" is marginally evident in Middle French in areas in contact with Occitan, though it penetrated widely enough to form the basis for the derivative cachet "seal" (see cachet).

Verb
verbal derivative of cache entry 1
cache
noun

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)


cache
noun
ˈkash

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements
    a secure place of storage //discovered a cache of weapons
  • something hidden or stored in a cache //The cache consisted of documents and private letters.
  • a computer memory with very short access time used for storage of frequently or recently used instructions or data

    called also cache memory

verb
cached; cach​ing

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • transitive ​verb
  • to place (something) in a cache: such as
    to place or store (something) in a hidden or secure place for safety or concealment //cache camp supplies by a lake //coins cached in a teapot
    computers to place (instructions or data) in cache memory for temporary storage //caching websites to speed up future retrieval
Examples
Noun
  • //a weapons cache used by terrorists
  • //Police found a cache of stolen cars in the woods.
  • //Her new laptop has one megabyte of cache.
Verb
  • //an eccentric who cached money in odd places, such as under the boards of the floor
  • //cached the fugitives in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada
First Known Use
Noun
1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1805, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Noun
borrowed from North American French, from French, "hiding place," noun derivative of cacher "to hide, conceal," going back to Old French cachier, quaichier "to put away, lock up, cover, remove from view, conceal" (also Middle French cacher "to press, crush"), going back to Vulgar Latin *coācticāre "to press, constrict," from Latin coāctāre "to compel" (frequentative of cōgere "to drive together, collect, compress, compel") + -icāre, verb formative — more at cogent

NOTE: The etymological sense "to compress, constrict" is not attested for the Old French verb, though it likely existed and is apparent in the prefixed form escachier "to crush and flatten, break by pressing or falling on." From the sense "compress" presumably developed the senses "lock up, cover, put away," and hence "remove from view, conceal," common from the sixteenth century. The sense "to press, crush" is marginally evident in Middle French in areas in contact with Occitan, though it penetrated widely enough to form the basis for the derivative cachet "seal" (see cachet).

Verb
verbal derivative of cache entry 1
cache
noun

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)


cache
noun
ˈkash

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements
    a secure place of storage //discovered a cache of weapons
  • something hidden or stored in a cache //The cache consisted of documents and private letters.
  • a computer memory with very short access time used for storage of frequently or recently used instructions or data

    called also cache memory

verb
cached; cach​ing

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • transitive ​verb
  • to place (something) in a cache: such as
    to place or store (something) in a hidden or secure place for safety or concealment //cache camp supplies by a lake //coins cached in a teapot
    computers to place (instructions or data) in cache memory for temporary storage //caching websites to speed up future retrieval
Examples
Noun
  • //a weapons cache used by terrorists
  • //Police found a cache of stolen cars in the woods.
  • //Her new laptop has one megabyte of cache.
Verb
  • //an eccentric who cached money in odd places, such as under the boards of the floor
  • //cached the fugitives in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada
First Known Use
Noun
1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1805, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Noun
borrowed from North American French, from French, "hiding place," noun derivative of cacher "to hide, conceal," going back to Old French cachier, quaichier "to put away, lock up, cover, remove from view, conceal" (also Middle French cacher "to press, crush"), going back to Vulgar Latin *coācticāre "to press, constrict," from Latin coāctāre "to compel" (frequentative of cōgere "to drive together, collect, compress, compel") + -icāre, verb formative — more at cogent

NOTE: The etymological sense "to compress, constrict" is not attested for the Old French verb, though it likely existed and is apparent in the prefixed form escachier "to crush and flatten, break by pressing or falling on." From the sense "compress" presumably developed the senses "lock up, cover, put away," and hence "remove from view, conceal," common from the sixteenth century. The sense "to press, crush" is marginally evident in Middle French in areas in contact with Occitan, though it penetrated widely enough to form the basis for the derivative cachet "seal" (see cachet).

Verb
verbal derivative of cache entry 1
cache
noun

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)


cache
noun
ˈkash

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements
    a secure place of storage //discovered a cache of weapons
  • something hidden or stored in a cache //The cache consisted of documents and private letters.
  • a computer memory with very short access time used for storage of frequently or recently used instructions or data

    called also cache memory

verb
cached; cach​ing

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • transitive ​verb
  • to place (something) in a cache: such as
    to place or store (something) in a hidden or secure place for safety or concealment //cache camp supplies by a lake //coins cached in a teapot
    computers to place (instructions or data) in cache memory for temporary storage //caching websites to speed up future retrieval
Examples
Noun
  • //a weapons cache used by terrorists
  • //Police found a cache of stolen cars in the woods.
  • //Her new laptop has one megabyte of cache.
Verb
  • //an eccentric who cached money in odd places, such as under the boards of the floor
  • //cached the fugitives in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada
First Known Use
Noun
1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1805, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
Noun
borrowed from North American French, from French, "hiding place," noun derivative of cacher "to hide, conceal," going back to Old French cachier, quaichier "to put away, lock up, cover, remove from view, conceal" (also Middle French cacher "to press, crush"), going back to Vulgar Latin *coācticāre "to press, constrict," from Latin coāctāre "to compel" (frequentative of cōgere "to drive together, collect, compress, compel") + -icāre, verb formative — more at cogent

NOTE: The etymological sense "to compress, constrict" is not attested for the Old French verb, though it likely existed and is apparent in the prefixed form escachier "to crush and flatten, break by pressing or falling on." From the sense "compress" presumably developed the senses "lock up, cover, put away," and hence "remove from view, conceal," common from the sixteenth century. The sense "to press, crush" is marginally evident in Middle French in areas in contact with Occitan, though it penetrated widely enough to form the basis for the derivative cachet "seal" (see cachet).

Verb
verbal derivative of cache entry 1
cache
noun

Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)