cave: Meaning and Definition of

cave

1. a hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
2. a storage cellar, esp. for wine.
3. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a political party on some special question.

1. to hollow out.
2. sub-level caving.
1. to cause (overlying material) to fall into a stope, sublevel, or the like.
2. to cause (supports, as stulls or sets) to collapse beneath overlying material.
3. to fill (a stope or the like) with caved-in material:sub-level caving.

1. to cave in.
2. The opposition caved in before our superior arguments.
1. to fall in; collapse.
2. to cause to fall in or collapse.
3. Informal.to yield; submit; surrender:The opposition caved in before our superior arguments.