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cave

[keyv] noun, verb, caved, cav·ing.
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)
4.
to hollow out.
5.
Mining.
a.
to cause (overlying material) to fall into a stope, sublevel, or the like.
b.
to cause (supports, as stulls or sets) to collapse beneath overlying material.
c.
to fill (a stope or the like) with caved-in material: sub-level caving.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
verb (used without object)
6.
to cave in.
7.
cave in,
a.
to fall in; collapse.
b.
to cause to fall in or collapse.
c.
Informal. to yield; submit; surrender: The opposition caved in before our superior arguments.

Origin:
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

cave·like, adjective
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cave
1707, Amer.Eng., presumably from E.Anglian dial. calve "collapse, fall in," perhaps from Flem., infl. by cave (n.). Figurative sense of "yield to pressure" is from 1837.
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cave   (kāv)  Pronunciation Key 
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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