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ceder — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cave noun A natural hollow space underground or in the side of a cliff or hill.
  • cede verb To formally give up land, rights, or power to someone else.
  • concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
  • fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
  • give verb To hand over or transfer something to someone.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  • indulge verb To allow oneself to enjoy something desired, often without restraint.
  • relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
  • sag verb To sink or bend downward in the middle from weight or pressure.
  • submit verb To send in a piece of work, application, or request for review or approval.
  • yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

ceder is used for these senses in English:

  • cave (figurative) To surrender.
  • cede (transitive) To give up; yield to another. [with to]
  • concede To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
  • fold (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.
  • give To propose someone for a toast, used in standard formulations for toasts.
  • give up (transitive) To relinquish (something)
  • indulge To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain.
  • relinquish (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

cave — full definition

  1. noun A natural hollow space underground or in the side of a cliff or hill.
  2. noun Informally, a private room or space someone retreats to (a "man cave").
  3. verb To give in or surrender, especially after resisting.
  4. verb To collapse inward.
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