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(kv), 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. 2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of the ear." Bacon. Cave bear (Zol.), a very large fossil bear (Ursus spelus) 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 (Zol.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. Cave lion (Zol.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion. Bone cave. See under Bone. 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.] The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. Spenser. Cave v. i. 1. To dwell in a cave. [Obs.] Shak. 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. 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. Cave n.(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. スポンサード リンク
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