3 entries under this word
n. [Fr. cave, Pr., It., Sp., & Pg. cava, from Lat. cavus, hollow, whence cavea, cavity.] 1. A hollow place in the earth; a subterraneous cavity; a den. “Umbrageous grots and caves of cool recess.” Milton. There's not a hollow cave or lurking place, ... but I will find them out. Shak. 2. A hollow place, or excavation; a cavity. [Obs.] “The cave of the ear.” Bacon.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. CAVED; p. pr. & vb. n. CAVING.] [Fr. caver, Pr. cavar, It. & Lat. cavare. See supra.] To make hollow. “The moldered earth had caved the bank.” Spenser.
v. i. 1. To dwell in a cave. “Such as we cave here.” Shak. They Who in oppression’s darkness caved. Baron. 2. To break down; to yield or give up. [Colloq.] To cave in, to fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit.