cave

  • 71cave-in — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cave in : singular cave in plural cave ins the sudden fall of the roof of a cave or mine …

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  • 72cave — I. /keɪv / (say kayv) noun 1. a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc. 2. English History a secession, or a group of seceders, from a political party on some special question. –verb… …

  • 73CAVE — s. f. Le fonds d argent que chacun des joueurs met devant soi à certains jeux de cartes, comme au brelan, à la bouillotte, etc. Perdre sa cave. Il est à sa première, à sa seconde cave. Faire une nouvelle cave …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 74cave-in — /kayv in /, n. 1. a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave in in the history of mining. 2. a place or site of such a collapse. 3. submission to something or someone previously opposed or resisted: His cave in to such unreasonable demands …

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  • 75cave — 1. noun /keɪv/ a) A large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground, or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. We found a cave on the mountainside where we could take shelter. b) A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or …

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  • 76Cave — This unusual and interesting name is of either English or Norman (French) origin. The English source is locational, where the surname derives from the place called Cave in East Yorkshire, recorded as Cava and in the Domesday Book of 1086. The… …

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  • 77cave — Synonyms and related words: abri, air raid shelter, antre, bend, bomb shelter, bombproof, bow, bowl, break, break down, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, buckle, bunker, burrow, capitulate, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave in, cave in, cavern, cavity …

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  • 78cave — cave1 [ keıv ] noun count ** a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground cave cave 2 [ keıv ] verb ,cave in phrasal verb intransitive 1. ) if a roof or wall caves in, it falls down or inward 2. ) to suddenly stop opposing something,… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 79cave — [[t]ke͟ɪv[/t]] ♦♦♦ caves, caving, caved N COUNT A cave is a large hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or one that is under the ground. Outside the cave mouth the blackness of night was like a curtain. Phrasal Verbs: cave in …

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  • 80cave in — 1) PHRASAL VERB If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards. → See also cave in [V P] Part of the roof has caved in... [V P] The wall caved in to reveal a blocked up Victorian fireplace... [V P] I had a nervous… …

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