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The act of something collapsing or caving in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We were warned away from the rickety old mine because of the danger of cave-ins.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breakage, collapse, rockfall
Antonyms: none provided
The location where something has caved in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We couldn't get past the cave-in blocking the tunnel.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blockage, collapse, rockfall
Antonyms: none provided
The act of relenting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- It was a cave-in, but I let my child have a candy to shut her up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: acquiescence, consent, sellout
Antonyms: none provided
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
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
落磐
(luòpán)
— the act of something collapsing or caving in
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Danish:
sammenstyrtning
— the act of something collapsing or caving in
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Finnish:
sortuma
— the act of something collapsing or caving in
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French:
éboulement
— the act of something collapsing or caving in
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Galician:
afundimento
— the act of something collapsing or caving in
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Polish:
zapadnięcie się
— the act of something collapsing or caving in
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Polish:
zawalenie się
— the act of something collapsing or caving in
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Polish:
załamanie się
— the act of something collapsing or caving in
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Portuguese:
desmoronar
— the act of something collapsing or caving in
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Russian:
обва́л
(obvál)
— the act of something collapsing or caving in
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Russian:
зава́л
(zavál)
— the act of something collapsing or caving in
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Finnish:
sortuma
— the location where something has caved in
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French:
éboulement
— the location where something has caved in
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Polish:
zapadlisko
— the location where something has caved in
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Russian:
обва́л
(obvál)
— the location where something has caved in
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Russian:
зава́л
(zavál)
— the location where something has caved in
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Finnish:
myöntyminen
— the act of relenting
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Finnish:
taipuminen
— the act of relenting
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Polish:
ugięcie się
— the act of relenting