Antonyms for caved

Grammar : Verb

Spell : keyv

Phonetic Transcription : keɪv

Definition of caved

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 submit : verb comply, endure
As in succumb : verb die or surrender
As in bow : verb submit, concede
As in defer : verb yield
As in give : verb yield, collapse
As in go : verb die, collapse

Example sentences :

And all the bottom of that section of the North Atlantic seems to have caved in.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

The bridge swayed, then caved in, where the pontoon had been struck and was sinking.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

Are you sure that my father was in the mine when it caved in?
Extract from : « Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer » by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham

For the walls of the hole below the bottom of the casing had caved.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

Behind him lay a deep, dark hole that was not filled by the earth that had caved in.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish

He wilted and caved in like a box of ice cream does just before you get home with it.
Extract from : « Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas » by Rupert Hughes

But there was n't any use in going back—the tunnel was caved in.
Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper

But when I showed him your father's will, and he had read it, he caved in like an avalanche.
Extract from : « Seek and Find » by Oliver Optic

You can believe that I felt as though the roof had caved in on top of me.
Extract from : « The Radio Boys at the Sending Station » by Allen Chapman

Well, it caved in, all right, and it never can be cleaned out.
Extract from : « A Tenderfoot Bride » by Clarice E. Richards

Synonyms for caved

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