- a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- a storage cellar, especially for wine.
- a secession, or a group of seceders, from a political party on some special question.
- to hollow out.
- Mining.
- to cause (overlying material) to fall into a stope, sublevel, or the like.
- to cause (supports, as stulls or sets) to collapse beneath overlying material.
- to fill (a stope or the like) with caved-in material: sub-level caving.
- to cave in.
- cave in,
- to fall in; collapse.
- to cause to fall in or collapse.
- to yield; submit; surrender: The opposition caved in before our superior arguments.
- an underground hollow with access from the ground surface or from the sea, often found in limestone areas and on rocky coastlines
- a secession or a group seceding from a political party on some issue
- living in caves
- to hollow out
- guard or lookout (esp in the phrase keep cave)
- watch out!