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| Main Entry: |
cave
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole in land formation |
| Synonyms: | cavern, cavity, den, grotto, hollow, pothole, rock shelter, subterrane, subterranean area |
| Notes: | cavern is more vague and rhetorical than cave; a cavern is a large cave |
| Main Entry: | bow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | submit, concede |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquiesce, be servile, bend, capitulate, cave, comply, defer, give in, knuckle, knuckle under, kowtow, relent, succumb, surrender, yield |
| Antonyms: | defend, fight, overpower |
| Main Entry: | cavern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hollow in land formation |
| Synonyms: | cave, grotto, hole, pothole, subterrane, subterranean area |
| Notes: | cavern is more vague and rhetorical than cave; a cavern is a large cave |
| Main Entry: | cove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inlet, small niche |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, bay, bayou, bight, cave, cavern, creek, estuary, firth, frith, gulf, harbor, hole, lagoon, nook, retreat, slough, sound, wash |
| Main Entry: | crypt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burial place |
| Synonyms: | catacomb, cave, cavern, cell, chamber, compartment, grave, grotto, mausoleum, room, sepulcher, tomb, undercroft, vault |
| Main Entry: | defer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yield |
| Synonyms: | accede, accommodate, acquiesce, adapt, adjust, admit, agree, assent, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, comply, concede, cringe, fawn, give in to, knuckle, knuckleunder, kowtow, obey, submit, succumb, truckle |
| Antonyms: | advance, force, forge |
| Main Entry: | den |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cavern, hideaway |
| Synonyms: | atelier, burrow, cave, cloister, couch, cubbyhole, haunt, hideout, hole, hotbed, lair, lodge, nest, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter, snuggery, study |
| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yield, collapse |
| Synonyms: | allow, bend, bow to, break, cave, cede, concede, contract, crumble, crumple, devote, fail, fall, flex, fold, fold up, give way, go, grant, hand over, lend, open, recede, relax, relent, relinquish, retire, retreat, sag, shrink, sink, slacken, surrender, weaken |
| Antonyms: | fight, hold up, withstand |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die, collapse |
| Synonyms: | bend, break, cave, conclude, consume, crumble, decease, decline, demise, depart, deplete, devour, dissipate, drop, exhaust, expend, expire, fail, finish, fold up, fritter, give, pass away, pass on, perish, run through, spend, squander, succumb, terminate, use up, waste, weaken, worsen, yield |
| Antonyms: | be born, create |
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