From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
cave
n : an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the
ground or from the sea
v 1: hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was
caving the banks" [syn: undermine]
2: explore natural caves [syn: spelunk]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cave \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.]
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The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cave \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.
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2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of
the ear." --Bacon.
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3. (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.
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Cave bear (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in
British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of
the living African spotted hyena.
Cave lion (Zool.), a fossil lion found in the caves of
Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African
lion.
Bone cave. See under Bone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cave \Cave\, v. i.
1. To dwell in a cave. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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.
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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.
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