incave

I1N1C3A1V4E1

verb

To cave inward.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbincave (third-person singular simple present incaves, present participle incaving, simple past and past participle incaved)

present singular third person incaves · participle present incaving · participle past incaved · past incaved

  1. intransitiveTo cave inward.

    On May 26, 1906, some very remarkable phenomena were observed at the Atlantic mine, these consisting in deformations of railway tracks and incaving at the surface.

    1911, William Herbert Hobbs, The late glacial and post glacial uplift of the Michigan basin: Earthquakes in Michigan, page 86

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MLA

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Chicago

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