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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cave /keɪv/USA pronunciation n., v., caved, cav•ing. n. [countable] - Geology, Geographya hollow place in the earth, esp. one into a hill, mountain, etc., or underground.
v. - cave in,
- to (cause to) fall in;
to (cause to) collapse: [no object]The roof is caving in.[~ + in + object]Someone caved in his skull with a rock.[ ~ + obj + in]:to cave it in with a rock. - Informal Terms[no object] to yield;
surrender; give in:At last I caved in and bought a new car.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cave (kāv),USA pronunciation n., v., caved, cav•ing. n. - Geology, Geographya hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- a storage cellar, esp. for wine.
- Government[Eng. Hist.]a secession, or a group of seceders, from a political party on some special question.
v.t. - to hollow out.
- Mining
- to cause (overlying material) to fall into a stope, sublevel, or the like.
- to cause (supports, as stulls or sets) to collapse beneath overlying material.
- to fill (a stope or the like) with caved-in material:sub-level caving.
v.i. - to cave in.
- cave in:
- to fall in;
collapse. - to cause to fall in or collapse.
- Informal Termsto yield;
submit; surrender:The opposition caved in before our superior arguments.
- Late Latin cava (feminine singular), Latin cava, neuter plural of cavum hole, noun, nominal use of neuter of cavus hollow
- Old French
- Middle English 1175–1225
cave′like′, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cave /keɪv/ n - an underground hollow with access from the ground surface or from the sea, often found in limestone areas and on rocky coastlines
- Brit a secession or a group seceding from a political party on some issue
vb - (transitive) to hollow out
See also cavingEtymology: 13th Century: from Old French, from Latin cava, plural of cavum cavity, from cavus hollow cave /ˈkeɪvɪ/ Brit school slang n - guard or lookout (esp in the phrase keep cave)
sentence substitute - watch out!
Etymology: from Latin cavē! beware! |