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cave in

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cave in, subsidenceverb

    the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

  2. collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founderverb

    break down, literally or metaphorically

    "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

Wiktionary

  1. cave innoun

    The act of something collapsing or caving in.

  2. cave innoun

    The location where something has caved in.

  3. cave innoun

    The act of relenting.

  4. cave inverb

    To collapse inward or downward.

  5. cave inverb

    To relent; to acquiesce; to comply; to grant approval; to lose willpower.

ChatGPT

  1. cave in

    A cave in, often used in relation to mining or excavation, refers to the sudden collapse or failure of a structure, usually the roof of a tunnel or cavern, due to pressure or structural weakness. It can also metaphorically refer to someone succumbing to pressure or giving in to demands.

Wikidata

  1. Cave In

    Cave In is an American rock band that formed in 1995, in Methuen, Massachusetts. After several members changes in the late 1990s, their lineup solidified with the 1998 release of Until Your Heart Stops through Hydra Head Records. Their early albums were prominent in the metalcore scene. After this release, the band started experimenting with other genres. Cave In later received mainstream recognition for their 2003 RCA Records album Antenna and its lead single "Anchor," which had an overall alternative rock style. The group went on hiatus in 2006 and later reformed in 2009 with the release of a new EP, Planets of Old, as well as a new LP in 2011, entitled White Silence. Both of these post-hiatus releases saw a return to Cave In's earlier and heavier sound.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cave in in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cave in in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of cave in in a Sentence

  1. The Tea Party:

    Senate Republicans are about to cave in to President Obama, it’s time … to ratchet up the pressure on wobbly Senators.

  2. Alan Cooper:

    We found that the Neanderthals from Spy Cave in Belgium consumed woolly rhinoceros and European wild sheep, supplemented with wild mushrooms, those from El Sidrón Cave on the other hand showed no evidence for meat consumption... showing quite different lifestyles between the two groups.

  3. Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz:

    I think it's wrong to signal that you're going to cave in the end, i think the Senate majority leader is wrong. I disagree with him.

  4. Caleb Shumway:

    He was way down in the cave, in fact, the cave he was down in ... there was the initial level of the cave that we crawled into and found the first bone, and then the cave tunnels off to the side, and we found a bag, and then we actually found the actual body. It was over some more, and down even deeper into the ground.

  5. Andrei Lankov:

    Sony was stupid to make a movie about killing Kim Jung-un, but it was even more stupid to cave in to pressure.

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  • rendirse aSpanish
  • romahtaa, sortuaFinnish
  • cabosser, s'effondrer, éboulementFrench
  • kapitulere, kollapse, gi opp, gi etter, knele, resignere, bryte sammenNorwegian
  • afkalvenDutch
  • обвал, обваливаться, завал, обрушатьсяRussian

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