Past tense of cave
regular verb
The past tense of cave is caved. The past participle is also caved.
Forms of cave
| Base form (V1) | cave /keɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | caved /keɪvd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | caved /keɪvd/ |
| Present participle | caving /ˈkeɪvɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | caves /keɪvz/ |
Caved in a sentence
- He caved under pressure.
- And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46
- The group of miners were stuck underground after a shaft caved in.From the entry miner
- He caved in the side of the barrel with a single well-placed kick.From the entry cave in
- After he asked me a few times, I finally caved in and had a slice of cake.From the entry cave in
Meaning of cave
- noun A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- noun A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
- noun A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
Questions about the past tense of cave
- What is the past tense of cave?
- The past tense of cave is caved.
- What is the past participle of cave?
- The past participle of cave is caved.
- Is cave a regular or irregular verb?
- Cave is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cave (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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