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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cave in vb (intr, adverb)- to collapse; subside
- informal to yield completely, esp under pressure
n cave-in - the sudden collapse of a roof, piece of ground, etc, into a hollow beneath it; subsidence
- the site of such a collapse, as at a mine or tunnel
ˈcave-ˌin, n. [countable]- a collapse, as of anything hollow:A cave-in trapped the miners in the tunnel.
- an act of yielding to the demands, etc., of another:A cave-in to her demands brings more demands.
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-in (kāv′in′),USA pronunciation n. - a collapse, as of anything hollow:the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- a place or site of such a collapse.
- submission to something or someone previously opposed or resisted:His cave-in to such unreasonable demands shocked us.
- noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase cave in 1700–10
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
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