All cave in synonyms
cave in
C c verb cave in
- unload β to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from: to unload a truck; to unload a cart.
- flop β to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
- floor β that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- descend β If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- plump β direct; downright; blunt.
- ebb β the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- wane β to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- lessen β to become less.
- backslide β to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- totter β to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness.
- trail β to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- drag β drag and drop
- abate β If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- spin β to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels.
- relapse β to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- fold up β a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
- hit the dirt β to drop to the ground
- tip over β to cause to assume a slanting or sloping position; incline; tilt.
- back down β If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- bail out β If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- cut out β If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife.
- desist β If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
- despair β Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
- forswear β to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
- leave off β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- walk out on β to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- wash one's hands of β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- go under β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- keel β a red ocher stain used for marking sheep, lumber, etc.; ruddle.
- sag β to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
- submerse β to submerge.
- fall in β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
noun cave in
- grade β a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- header β the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- settlement β the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- gradient β the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- declension β the inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives for case, number, and gender
- inclination β a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
- sinking β to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- hill β the small hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol stands.
- downgrade β a downward slope, especially of a road.
- precipitation β the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
- declination β the angular distance, esp in degrees, of a star, planet, etc, from the celestial equator measured north (positive) or south (negative) along the great circle passing through the celestial poles and the body
- landslide β the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- drop-off β a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- tailspin β spin (def 23).