Cave

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To dwell in a cave.

II. Cave ·noun To make hollow; to scoop out.

III. Cave ·noun Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.

IV. Cave ·noun A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.

V. Cave ·vi 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.

VI. Cave ·add. ·noun 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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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