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Definitions for: Cave
[n] an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
[v] explore natural caves
[v] hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"
Webster (1913) Definition: Cave (k[=a]v), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea
cavity. Cf. Cage.]
1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial;
a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] ``The cave of
the ear.'' --Bacon.
Cave bear (Zo["o]l.), a very large fossil bear ({Ursus
spel[ae]us}) similar to the grizzly bear, but large;
common in European caves.
Cave dweller, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling
place was a cave. --Tylor.
Cave hyena (Zo["o]l.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in
British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of
the living African spotted hyena.
Cave lion (Zo["o]l.), a fossil lion found in the caves of
Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African
lion.
Bone cave. See under Bone.
Cave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Caving.] [Cf. F. caver. See Cave, n.]
To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.]
The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. --Spenser.
Cave, v. i.
1. To dwell in a cave. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. [See To cave in, below.] To fall in or down; as, the sand
bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to
give way; to yield in a disputed matter.
To cave in. [Flem. inkalven.]
(a) To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of
a well or pit.
(b) To submit; to yield. [Slang] --H. Kingsley.
Cave, n. (Eng. Politics)
A coalition or group of seceders from a political party, as
from the Liberal party in England in 1866. See Adullam,
Cave of, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Synonyms: spelunk, undermine
See Also: cavern, core out, cove, enclosure, explore, Fingal's Cave, floor, grot, grotto, hollow, hollow out, Lascaux, natural enclosure, sap, stalactite, stalagmite, wall
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