ALL meanings of cave in
cave in
C c - phrasal verb cave in If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards. 3
- phrasal verb cave in If you cave in, you suddenly stop arguing or resisting, especially when people put pressure on you to stop. 3
- countable noun cave in A cave-in is the sudden collapse of the roof of a cave or mine. 3
- verb cave in to collapse; subside 3
- verb cave in to yield completely, esp under pressure 3
- noun cave in the sudden collapse of a roof, piece of ground, etc, into a hollow beneath it; subsidence 3
- noun cave in the site of such a collapse, as at a mine or tunnel 3
- noun cave in an instance of yielding completely, esp under pressure 3
- noun cave in a collapse 3
- noun cave in a submission to pressure; admission to defeat 3
- noun cave in to fall or sink in or down; collapse 3
- noun cave in to make collapse 3
- noun cave in to give way; give in; yield 3
- noun cave in an act or instance of caving in 3
- noun cave in a place where the ground, a mine, etc. has caved in 3
- abbreviation CAVE IN collapse inward 1
- intransitivephrasal verb cave in give in, change one's mind 1
- noun cave in collapse 1
- noun cave in a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc. 1
- noun cave in a storage cellar, especially for wine. 1
- noun cave in English History. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a political party on some special question. 1
- verb with object cave in to hollow out. 1
- verb with object cave in 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. 1
- verb without object cave in to cave in. 1
- noun cave in The act of something collapsing or caving in. 0
- noun cave in The location where something has caved in. 0
- noun cave in (Idiomatic) The act of relenting. 0
- verb cave in To collapse inward or downward. 0
- verb cave in (Idiomatic) To relent; to acquiesce; to comply; to grant approval; to lose willpower. 0