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Misspelling of cave-in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To collapse inward or downward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The roof caved in under the weight of the snow.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cave, break, fall in, give way
Antonyms: none provided
To cause to collapse inward or downward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He caved in the side of the barrel with a single well-placed kick.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: break, crush, stave, stave in
Antonyms: none provided
To relent; to grant approval against one's initial will.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
Examples
- After he asked me a few times, I finally caved in and had a slice of cake.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cave, assent, give in, give up, relinquish, yield, comply, acquiesce
Antonyms: none provided
the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subsidence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: collapse
break down, literally or metaphorically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The wall collapsed
- The business collapsed
- The dam broke
- The roof collapsed
- The wall gave in
- The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collapse, fall in, give, give way, break, founder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: implode, go off, buckle, crumple, flop, break, slump, slide down, sink
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
落磐
(luòpán)
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Danish:
falde sammen
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Danish:
styrte sammen
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Dutch:
afkalven
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Finnish:
sortua
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Finnish:
romahtaa
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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French:
s'effondrer
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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French:
s'affaisser
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Galician:
afundir
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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German:
einbrechen
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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German:
zusammenbrechen
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Japanese:
凹む
(hekomu)
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Japanese:
倒れる
(taoreru)
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Japanese:
窪む
(kubomu)
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Khmer:
ស្រុត
(srot)
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gi etter
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kollapse
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bryte sammen
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Norwegian Bokmål:
knele
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Polish:
uginać się
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Polish:
ugiąć się
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Romanian:
prăbuși
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Russian:
обваливаться
(obvalivatʹsja)
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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Russian:
обрушаться
(obrušatʹsja)
— (intransitive) to collapse inward or downward
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French:
enfoncer
— (transitive) to cause to collapse inward or downward
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Belarusian:
паддавацца
(paddavacca)
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Belarusian:
паддацца
(paddacca)
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Belarusian:
даваць слабіну
(davacʹ slabinu)
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Belarusian:
даць слабіну
(dacʹ slabinu)
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Chinese Mandarin:
屈服
(qūfú)
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Danish:
bryde sammen
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Danish:
kollapse
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Finnish:
myöntyä
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Finnish:
taipua
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Finnish:
alistua
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Finnish:
antaa myöten
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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French:
s'effondrer
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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German:
nachgeben
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gi opp
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kapitulere
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Norwegian Bokmål:
resignere
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Polish:
uginać się
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Polish:
ugiąć się
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Romanian:
ceda
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Russian:
уступaть
(ustupatʹ)
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Russian:
прогибаться
(progibatʹsja)
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Russian:
сдаваться
(sdavatʹsja)
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Russian:
поддаваться давлению
(poddavatʹsja davleniju)
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Russian:
давать слабину
(davatʹ slabinu)
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Spanish:
ceder
— (intransitive) to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.