Antonyms for caved-in


Grammar : Adj
Spell : keyv
Phonetic Transcription : keɪv


Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for caved-in

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