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Synonyms for caved-in
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : keyv |
| Phonetic Transcription : keɪv |
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Définition of caved-in
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French cave "a cave, vault, cellar" (12c.), from Latin cavea "hollow" (place), noun use of neuter plural of adjective cavus "hollow," from PIE root *keue- "a swelling, arch, cavity" (see cumulus). Replaced Old English eorðscrafu. First record of cave man is 1865.
- As in sunken : adj depressed, hollowed; submerged
- As in discouraged : adj disheartened
- She noticed that his right shoulder had a strange, caved-in appearance.
- Extract from : « Caybigan » by James Hopper
- He looked through a crack and saw the caved-in shaft house and the straggling waste heap of a worked-out mine.
- Extract from : « The Short Line War » by Samuel Merwin
- Several dark halls appeared amid the debris, with caved-in ceilings, now become the abode of vipers.
- Extract from : « A Winter Amid the Ice » by Jules Verne
- He was of immense frame, but gaunt and caved-in from much stooping and a consumptive tendency.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Bobby Orde » by Stewart Edward White
- It was the caved-in stope, the old glory-hole of the Paymaster, and it cut off his last escape.
- Extract from : « Shadow Mountain » by Dane Coolidge
- Isn't that elderly man, with the stoop shoulders and the chin beard and caved-in face, Teller?
- Extract from : « Stories That End Well » by Octave Thanet
- If the ditch be deepened, the caved-in matter being removed, it will continue to widen.
- Extract from : « Your National Parks » by Enos A. Mills
- Ten minutes later, furious digging brought the rescuers to a flat rock, part of the stoning of the caved-in well.
- Extract from : « The Skipper and the Skipped » by Holman Day
- We had had no time to prepare sleeping-quarters, so spread our sleeping-bags and blankets in the caved-in trenches.
- Extract from : « The Glory of the Trenches » by Coningsby Dawson
- They parked the car and walked toward a dilapidated shack with a caved-in roof.
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Sundial » by Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann Wirt
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