All caving synonyms

verb caving

• sag — to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
• crumble — If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
• fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
• weaken — to make weak or weaker.
• cede — If someone in a position of authority cedes land or power to someone else, they let them have the land or power, often as a result of military or political pressure.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• flex — to bend, as a part of the body: He flexed his arms to show off his muscles.
• relax — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• sink — 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.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
• slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
• recede — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
• contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
• crumple — If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
• decease — death
• depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
• consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
• conclude — If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
• terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
• deplete — To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
• squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• worsen — Make or become worse.
• dissipate — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
• perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
• devour — If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
• demise — The demise of something or someone is their end or death.
• waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
• fritter — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
• withstand — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
• appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
• humor — hacker humour
• abide — to tolerate; put up with
• stoop — to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
• quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
• indulge — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
• tolerate — to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
• collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
• pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• croak — When a frog or bird croaks, it makes a harsh, low sound.
• knuckle under — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
• fold up — a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
• give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
• pass away — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• run through — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
• pass on — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• use up — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.