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What is the verb for cave?

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cave
  1. To surrender.
  2. To collapse.
  3. To hollow out or undermine.
  4. To engage in the recreational exploration of caves; to spelunk.
  5. (mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
  6. (mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
  7. (obsolete) To dwell in a cave.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. defer, yield, submit, surrender, succumb, capitulate, acquiesce, concede, bow, accede, comply, assent, agree, accept, buckle, kowtow, truckle, knuckle, honor, honour, respect, accommodate, obey, admit, give in, knuckle under, give way, comply with, agree with, bow to, be deferential, give in to, cave in, fall, relent, budge, fold, blink, quit, go down, adhere, conform, observe, heed, concur with, act in accordance with, cooperate with, be servile, acquiesce in, collapse … more
caving
  1. present participle of cave
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deferring, yielding, submitting, surrendering, succumbing, capitulating, acquiescing, conceding, bowing, acceding, complying, assenting, agreeing, accepting, buckling, kowtowing, truckling, knuckling, honoring, honouring, respecting, accommodating, obeying, admitting, giving in, knuckling under, giving way, complying with, agreeing with, bowing to, giving in to, relenting, budging, blinking, quitting, caving in, adhering, conforming, heeding, observing, acquiescing in, concurring with, acting in accordance with, cooperating with, bending, ceding, falling, folding, relinquishing, throwing in the towel … more
caves
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cave
  2. Synonyms:
      3. defers, yields, submits, surrenders, succumbs, capitulates, acquiesces, concedes, bows, accedes, complies, assents, agrees, accepts, buckles, kowtows, truckles, knuckles, honors, honours, respects, accommodates, obeys, admits, gives in, knuckles under, gives way, complies with, agrees with, bows to, gives in to, relents, budges, blinks, quits, caves in, adheres, conforms, observes, heeds, acquiesces in, cooperates with, acts in accordance with, concurs with, bends, falls, cedes, folds, relinquishes, waves the white flag … more
caved
  1. past participle of cave
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deferred, yielded, yold, yolden, submitted, surrendered, succumbed, capitulated, acquiesced, conceded, bowed, acceded, complied, assented, agreed, accepted, buckled, kowtowed, truckled, knuckled, honored, honoured, respected, accommodated, obeyed, admitted, gave in, given in, knuckled under, gave way, given way, complied with, agreed with, bowed to, gave in to, given in to, quit, relented, relent, budged, blinked, quitted, caved in, put up white flag, adhered, bended, bent, conformed, felled, ceded … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “School officials caved and the student was able to retake a test five hours before graduation and receive her diploma.”
      “She escaped the carnage after the ranchslider caved in, raining glass into her lounge.”
      “But when modern societies abolished the stigmas on illegitimacy, divorce, and all the rest, whole portions of the social structure just caved in.”
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