Dictionary Entry
cave
cave is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
- 2noun
Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
- 3noun
To make hollow; to scoop out.
- 4intransitive verb
To dwell in a cave.
- 5intransitive verb
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.
- 6noun
a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
- 7verb
explore natural caves
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- 8verb
hollow out as if making a cave or opening
"The river was caving the banks"
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