caving
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Definitions ofcaving
- To surrender.
Example: "He caved under pressure."
- To collapse.
Example: "First the braces buckled, then the roof began to cave, then we ran."
- To hollow out or undermine.
Example: "The levee has been severely caved by the river current."
- To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
Synonyms: spelunk
Example: "I have caved from Yugoslavia to Kentucky."
- In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
Example: "The deposit is caved by knocking out the posts."
- To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
- To dwell in a cave.
- The recreational sport of exploring caves.
- An act of collapsing or caving in.
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