[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cave \cave\, v. t. imp.  p. p. caved; p. pr.  vb. n.
   caving. cf. f. caver. see cave, n.
   to make hollow; to scoop out. obs.
   1913 webster

         the mouldred earth cav'd the banke.      --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
caved caving cave 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cave \cave\ k=av, n. f. cave, l. cavus hollow, whence cavea
   cavity. cf. cage.
   1. a hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial;
      a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
      1913 webster

   2. any hollow place, or part; a cavity. obs. "the cave of
      the ear." --bacon.
      1913 webster

   3. eng. politics a coalition or group of seceders from a
      political party, as from the liberal party in england in
      1866. see adullam, cave of, in the dictionary of noted
      names in fiction.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   cave bear zool., a very large fossil bear ursus
      spelaeus similar to the grizzly bear, but large;
      common in european caves.

   cave dweller, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling
      place was a cave. --tylor.

   cave hyena zool., a fossil hyena found abundanty in
      british caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of
      the living african spotted hyena.

   cave lion zool., a fossil lion found in the caves of
      europe, believed to be a large variety of the african
      lion.

   bone cave. see under bone.
      1913 webster
see also:
cage adullam cave of cave bear ursus spelaeus cave dweller 
cave hyena cave lion bone cave bone 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cave \cave\, v. i.
   1. to dwell in a cave. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. see to cave in, below. to fall in or down; as, the sand
      bank caved. hence slang, to retreat from a position; to
      give way; to yield in a disputed matter.
      1913 webster

   to cave in. flem. inkalven.
      a to fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of
          a well or pit.
      b to submit; to yield. slang --h. kingsley.
          1913 webster
see also:
to cave in 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cave
     n : an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the
         ground or from the sea
     v 1: hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "the river was
          caving the banks" syn: undermine
     2: explore natural caves syn: spelunk
see also:
undermine spelunk 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

113 moby thesaurus words for "cave":
   abri, air-raid shelter, antre, bend, bomb shelter, bombproof, bow,
   bowl, break, break down, breakdown, breaking up, breakup, buckle,
   bunker, burrow, capitulate, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave in,
   cave-in, cavern, cavity, collapse, concave, concealment, couch,
   cove, cover, covert, coverture, crack-up, crash, crumple, cup,
   cyclone cellar, debacle, decline, defer, deflate, den, disaster,
   dish, droop, dugout, earth, fall in, fallout shelter, flop,
   flop down, flump, flump down, fold, fold up, form, founder,
   foxhole, funk hole, give way, go, go down, grot, grotto, hole,
   hollow, hollow out, implode, knuckle, knuckle under, lair, lapse,
   lodge, lower, mew, plop, plop down, plump, puncture, run,
   safety zone, sag, set, settle, settle down, sewer, shelter,
   shipwreck, sink, sink down, slouch, slump, slump down, smash,
   smashup, storm cave, storm cellar, submerge, submit, subside,
   subterrane, subterranean, subway, succumb, surrender, swag,
   total loss, trench, tunnel, warren, washout, wrack, wreck, yield

[6] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

cave
     cave for automated virtual environment vr
     
     

[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

cave
   there are numerous natural caves among the limestone rocks of
   syria, many of which have been artificially enlarged for various
   purposes.
   
     the first notice of a cave occurs in the history of lot gen.
   19:30.
   
     the next we read of is the cave of machpelah q.v., which
   abraham purchased from the sons of heth gen. 25:9, 10. it was
   the burying-place of sarah and of abraham himself, also of
   isaac, rebekah, leah, and jacob gen. 49:31; 50:13.
   
     the cave of makkedah, into which the five amorite kings
   retired after their defeat by joshua 10:16, 27.
   
     the cave of adullam q.v., an immense natural cavern, where
   david hid himself from saul 1 sam. 22:1, 2.
   
     the cave of engedi q.v., now called 'ain jidy, i.e., the
   "fountain of the kid", where david cut off the skirt of saul's
   robe 24:4. here he also found a shelter for himself and his
   followers to the number of 600 23:29; 24:1. "on all sides the
   country is full of caverns which might serve as lurking-places
   for david and his men, as they do for outlaws at the present
   day."
   
     the cave in which obadiah hid the prophets 1 kings 18:4 was
   probably in the north, but it cannot be identified.
   
     the cave of elijah 1 kings 19:9, and the "cleft" of moses on
   horeb ex. 33:22, cannot be determined.
   
     in the time of gideon the israelites took refuge from the
   midianites in dens and caves, such as abounded in the mountain
   regions of manasseh judg. 6:2.
   
     caves were frequently used as dwelling-places num. 24:21;
   cant. 2:14; jer. 49:16; obad. 1:3. "the excavations at deir
   dubban, on the south side of the wady leading to santa hanneh,
   are probably the dwellings of the horites," the ancient
   inhabitants of idumea proper. the pits or cavities in rocks were
   also sometimes used as prisons isa. 24:22; 51:14; zech. 9:11.
   those which had niches in their sides were occupied as
   burying-places ezek. 32:23; john 11:38.
   

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

cave, mo town, fips 12079
  location: 39.02376 n, 91.04520 w
  population 1990: 10 5 housing units
  area: 2.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

cave, mo -- u.s. town in missouri
   population 2000:    7
   housing units 2000: 5
   land area 2000:     0.988342 sq. miles 2.559794 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.988342 sq. miles 2.559794 sq. km
   fips code:            12079
   located within:       missouri mo, fips 29
   location:             39.022986 n, 91.058936 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    cave, mo
    cave

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