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cave
[ keyv ]
noun
- a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- a storage cellar, especially for wine.
- English History. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a political party on some special question.
verb (used with object)
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- to cave in.
verb phrase
- to fall in; collapse.
- to cause to fall in or collapse.
- Informal. to yield; submit; surrender:
The opposition caved in before our superior arguments.
cave
1/ °ì±ðɪ±¹ /
noun
- an underground hollow with access from the ground surface or from the sea, often found in limestone areas and on rocky coastlines
- history a secession or a group seceding from a political party on some issue See Adullamite
- modifier living in caves
verb
- tr to hollow out
cave
2/ ˈ°ì±ðɪ±¹Éª /
noun
- guard or lookout (esp in the phrase keep cave )
sentence substitute
- watch out!
cave
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- 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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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
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Example Sentences
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.
“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.
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.
A dashcam video widely circulating online appears to show the moment the road caved in near a traffic junction.
But it "stunned and dismayed many members of the faculty" who viewed it as caving to Trump, per The Times.
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