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caching

caching

4.9
Hiding food or supplies in a secret place to use later
  • noun
  • /ˈkæʃɪŋ/
translation icon : almacenamiento
  • After a long day of fishing, he found a great spot for caching his supplies for the night.
  • caching birds

Examples

  • Many food-caching birds, for instance, exhibit striking spatial memory when it comes to finding seeds, but it is not clear whether they extend this ability to non-foraging contexts.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The squirrel carefully buried its acorns in various spots, showcasing its natural caching behavior.

  • The birds exhibited remarkable caching skills, hiding seeds in numerous locations throughout the forest.

Synonyms

storage
vscaching
339 1.0

A place where people keep things until they need them

involves hiding items secretly for later use
stockpiling
vscaching
3 5.1

To keep a large supply of something for future use

focuses on hiding items secretly rather than building very large supplies

How Much

hoarding
  • Specialized
6 7.7
stockpiling
3 5.1
caching
4.9
to store
463 1.0
saving
1 2.0

Surface Forms

caching singular
cachings plural

Morphology

caching = cache (transparent) = cache + ing

Formed as the gerund/nominalization of the verb 'cache' with '-ing'; the meaning denotes the action of hiding or storing.

Etymology

Caching comes from the French verb cacher, which means 'to hide'. Think of a squirrel 'stashing' nuts in secret places for winter — that's why caching means hiding or storing things for future use.