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incaving

incaving is the present participle and gerund of incave.

Meaning of incave

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To 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

Questions about incaving

What is incaving the present participle and gerund of?
Incaving is the present participle and gerund of incave.

Words near incaving in the dictionary

  1. incave
  2. incaved
  3. incaverned
  4. incaves
  5. incavi
  6. incaving
  7. incavity
  8. incavo
  9. Ince
  10. Ince-in-Makerfield
  11. incedingly

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