cavenoun [ C ]
uk/keɪv/us/keɪv/B1 a large hole in the side of a hill, cliff, or mountain, or one that is underground
Examples
- The echoes of his scream sounded in the cave for several seconds.
- She was crushed in a freak accident in a cave in France.
- She took me by the hand and led me into the cave.
- A narrow trail of blood led directly into the cave.
- They were trapped in the cave for 19 hours.
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Geography: caves, cracks & crevices
- cavern
- chasm
- chimney
- crack
- crater
- crevice
- fault
- fissure
- gouge
- gulf
- hole
- honeycomb
- pit
- pothole
- rut
- speleologist
- speleology
- stalactite
- stalagmite
- the San Andreas Fault
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caveverb [ I ]
uk/keɪv/us/keɪv/informal also cave in to agree to something that you would not agree to before, after someone has persuaded you or threatened you:
After protests from customers, the company caved and removed the item from its stores.
I knew he'd cave if they offered him more money.
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Changing your mind
- 180
- about-turn
- back away
- back out
- backpedal
- change of heart idiom
- change your tune idiom
- climbdown
- cold
- come round
- move
- oscillate
- pendulum
- pull
- pull (sb/sth) out
- realign
- think better of sth idiom
- time-server
- U-turn
- volte-face
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Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
Phrasal verb(s)
cave in