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- Dictionarycave/keɪv/
noun
- 1. a natural underground chamber in a hillside or cliff: "the narrow gorge contains a series of prehistoric caves"
verb
- 1. explore caves as a sport: "they say they cave for the adventure, challenge, and physical exercise"
- 2. capitulate or submit under pressure; cave in: US "he caved because his position had become untenable"
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CAVE definition: 1. a large hole in the side of a hill, cliff, or mountain, or one that is underground 2. to agree…. Learn more.
1. : a natural chamber or series of chambers in the earth or in the side of a hill or cliff. 2. : a usually underground chamber for storage. a wine cave. also : the articles stored there. 3. : a place providing privacy or seclusion from others.
Cave, natural opening in the earth large enough for human exploration. Such a cavity is formed in many types of rock and by many processes. The largest and most common caves are those formed by chemical reaction between circulating groundwater and bedrock composed of limestone or dolomite.
Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word cave can refer to smaller openings such as sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos, that extend a relatively short distance into the rock and they are called exogene caves. Caves which extend further underground than the opening is wide are called ...
to agree to something that you would not agree to before, after someone has persuaded you or threatened you: After protests from customers, the company caved and removed the item from its stores. I knew he'd cave if they offered him more money. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. cave verb [I] (be defeated) informal (also cave in)
Cave definition: a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.. See examples of CAVE used in a sentence.
A cave is a large hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or one that is under the ground.
A cave is hollow space underground that's big enough for a person to walk or crawl into. People who explore caves often wear battery-powered headlamps. You might see a small cave in the side of a cliff as you hike up a mountain, or swim into an underwater cave when you go snorkeling.
noun. /keɪv/ a large hole in the side of a hill or cliff or under the ground. the mouth (= the entrance) of the cave. The area contains vast underground cave systems. a cave-dweller (= a person who lives in a cave) We took shelter in a dark cave. a collapsed limestone cave. see also Aladdin’s cave, man cave Topics Geography b2.
cave. (kāv) n. 1. A hollow or natural passage under or into the earth, especially one with an opening to the surface. 2. A storage cellar, especially for wine. v. caved, cav·ing, caves. v.tr. 1. To dig or hollow out. 2. To cause to collapse or fall in. Often used with in: The impact caved in the roof of the car. v.intr. 1. To fall in; collapse.
