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Origin of cavingFirst recorded in 1865–70; cave + -ing1 Words nearby cavingcaviar, cavicorn, cavie, cavil, Cavill, caving, CA virus, cavitary, cavitation, Cavite, cavitis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cavingWhat remains is just bigotry, and probably a spiteful resistance to being seen as caving in to the relativists. The Grotesque Ban On Gays In New York’s St Patrick’s Day Parade|Michael Tomasky|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Caving on the debt limit in 2011 was the political low point of his presidency. The Era of Republican Hostage-Taking Is Over|Michael Tomasky|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST But caving in the current standoff could cost Boehner his speakership anyway. Dems, Seize the Moment and Negotiate Now|Peter Beinart|October 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST There seems to me a chance—a small chance at this point, but a chance—that the roof is caving in here. Michael Tomasky on How Obama Needs to Make Mitt Unacceptable Again|Michael Tomasky|October 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Anderson fired back, accusing his friend of giving up his own personal integrity and “caving to his handlers.” Why Salt Lake's Mayor Lost Faith in Mitt|McKay Coppins|August 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST Nor can this dirt be worked without danger of caving in, as was the case in all the veins and works that were on that elevation. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various About the mouth of the well was a wire grass that seemed to prevent it caving in. Death Valley in '49|William Lewis Manly It was snugly hidden in a little cove, which had been dug into the bank, and walled up with stones to prevent it from caving in. Frank at Don Carlos' Rancho|Harry Castlemon The ground never thaws below a depth of two feet, so there is no need of shoring to prevent its caving. Klondike Nuggets|E. S. Ellis For a minute I felt like caving in his head, then and there, with the golf club I carried. The Million-Dollar Suitcase|Alice MacGowan
British Dictionary definitions for caving
nounthe sport of climbing in and exploring caves Derived forms of cavingcaver, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cavingdefer, surrender, agree, acknowledge, quit, perish, go down, wilt, buckle, yield, bow, pass away, cease, capitulate, give in, cave in, break down, give way, kowtow, acquiesce |