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cave

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noun

  1. a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
  2. a storage cellar, especially for wine.
  3. English History. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a political party on some special question.


verb (used with object)

caved, caving.
  1. to hollow out.
  2. Mining.
    1. to cause (overlying material) to fall into a stope, sublevel, or the like.
    2. to cause (supports, as stulls or sets) to collapse beneath overlying material.
    3. to fill (a stope or the like) with caved-in material:

      sub-level caving.

verb (used without object)

caved, caving.
  1. to cave in.

verb phrase

    1. to fall in; collapse.
    2. to cause to fall in or collapse.
    3. Informal. to yield; submit; surrender:

      The opposition caved in before our superior arguments.

cave

1

/ °ì±ðɪ±¹ /

noun

  1. an underground hollow with access from the ground surface or from the sea, often found in limestone areas and on rocky coastlines
  2. history a secession or a group seceding from a political party on some issue See Adullamite
  3. modifier living in caves
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to hollow out
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cave

2

/ ˈ°ì±ðɪ±¹Éª /

noun

  1. guard or lookout (esp in the phrase keep cave )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sentence substitute

  1. watch out!
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cave

/ °ìÄå±¹ /

  1. A naturally occurring underground hollow or passage, especially one with an opening to the surface of the Earth. Caves can form through a variety of processes, including the dissolution of limestone by flowing water, the differential cooling of volcanic magma (which occurs when the outside surface of the lava cools, but the inside continues to flow downwards, forming a hollow tube), or the action of wind and waves along a rocky coast.
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of cave1

1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Late Latin cava (feminine singular), Latin cava, neuter plural of cavum hole, noun use of neuter of cavus hollow
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of cave1

C13: from Old French, from Latin cava, plural of cavum cavity, from cavus hollow

Origin of cave2

from Latin ³¦²¹±¹Å§! beware!
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As I said, I have not put much faith in the leaders in DC, especially since they caved on the continuing resolution a couple of weeks ago.

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“We weren’t supposed to spend our days in a cave — we were meant to roam and be hunters and gatherers and be under the sun,†Mutti said.

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In fact, he’s sure whatever is waiting at the end of his 140-mile trip between his little cave and the Cambridge home Lucy shares with her husband, John’s identical twin James, won’t be pleasant.

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A dashcam video widely circulating online appears to show the moment the road caved in near a traffic junction.

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But it "stunned and dismayed many members of the faculty" who viewed it as caving to Trump, per The Times.

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