What does CAGE mean?
Definitions for CAGE
keɪdʒcage
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word CAGE.
Princeton's WordNet
cage, coopnoun
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
cagenoun
something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
Cage, John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr.noun
United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
cagenoun
the net that is the goal in ice hockey
batting cage, cageverb
a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
cage, cage inverb
confine in a cage
"The animal was caged"
Wiktionary
cagenoun
an enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
cagenoun
the passenger compartment of a lift
cagenoun
the goal.
cagenoun
(US derogatory slang) automobile
cagenoun
Something that hinders freedom.
cageverb
to put into a cage
cageverb
to keep in a cage
cageverb
To track individual responses to direct mail.
cageverb
to restrict someone's movement or creativity
Etymology: From cage, from Latin cavea
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CAGEnoun
Etymology: cage, Fr. from cavea, Lat.
See whether a cage can please a bird? or whether a dog grow not fiercer with tying? Philip Sidney.
He taught me how to know a man in love; in which cage of rushes, I am sure, you are not a prisoner. William Shakespeare, As you like it.
Though slaves, like birds that sing not in a cage,
They lost their genius, and poetick rage;
Homers again and Pindars may be found,
And his great actions with their numbers crown’d. Edmund Waller.And parrots, imitating human tongue,
And singing birds in silver cages hung;
And ev’ry fragrant flow’r, and od’rous green,
Were sorted well, with lumps of amber laid between. John Dryden, Fables.A man recurs to our fancy, by remembering his garment, a beast, bird, or fish, by the cage, or court-yard, or cistern, wherein it was kept. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.
The reason why so few marriages are happy, is, because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on various Subjects.
To Cageverb
To inclose in a cage.
Etymology: from the noun.
He swoln, and pamper’d with high fare,
Sits down, and snorts, cag’d in his basket-chair. John Donne.
Wikipedia
Cage
A cage is an enclosure often made of mesh, bars, or wires, used to confine, contain or protect something or someone. A cage can serve many purposes, including keeping an animal or person in captivity, capturing an animal or person, and displaying an animal at a zoo.
ChatGPT
cage
A cage is a structure or enclosure designed to confine or protect something. It is typically made of bars, wires or netting and often used to keep animals or birds captive. The term can also refer to any situation or condition that confines, restricts, or traps, like in a metaphorical sense.
Webster Dictionary
Cagenoun
a box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals
Cagenoun
a place of confinement for malefactors
Cagenoun
an outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase
Cagenoun
a skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve
Cagenoun
a wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes
Cagenoun
the box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft
Cagenoun
the drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim
Cagenoun
the catcher's wire mask
Cageverb
to confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine
Etymology: [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.]
Wikidata
Cage
Cage is an American heavy metal band from San Diego, California. In early 2010, original bassist Mike Giordano and lead guitarist Anthony Wayne McGuiniss exited the band. CAGE’s newest band members; bassist Steve Brogden and former Brick Bath bassist Pete Stone.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cage
kāj, n. a place of confinement: a box made of wire and wood for holding birds or small animals: (mining) a frame with one or more platforms for cars, used in hoisting in a vertical shaft: the framework supporting a peal of bells.—v.t. to imprison in a cage—p.adj. Caged, confined.—ns. Cage′ling, a bird kept in a cage; Cage′-work, open work like the bars of a cage. [Fr.—L. cavea, a hollow place.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
cage
An iron cage formed of hoops on the top of a pole, and filled with combustibles to blaze for two hours. It is lighted one hour before high-water, and marks an intricate channel navigable for the period it burns; much used formerly by fishermen.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CAGE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cage is ranked #6345 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Cage surname appeared 5,372 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Cage.
55.2% or 2,970 total occurrences were Black.
38.7% or 2,083 total occurrences were White.
3.1% or 170 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.9% or 104 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.4% or 26 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.3% or 19 total occurrences were Asian.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'CAGE' in Nouns Frequency: #2497
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of CAGE in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of CAGE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of CAGE in a Sentence
The Fed is the 800-pound gorilla, but it's an 800-pound gorilla that's been pushed back in its cage, and it's not going anywhere, i would have to think that the bias will continue to be on the positive side for the market.
In a single-wide trailer in the living room youve got a kid caged, youve got eightsnakes and youve got the snakes feed butted up against the childs cage, eight snakes in the same room, then mice running everywhere.
There is a common misconception that a rabbit just can sit in a cage and eat carrots.
I have no idea where Jesse Pinkman is, and yo, even if I did, I wouldn't tell you. Because I've been watching the news same as everyone else. I've seen that little cage of his they kept him in.
We did the standup inside a cage.
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- قَفَصArabic
- qəfəsAzerbaijani
- клеткаBelarusian
- кафез, кабина, клеткаBulgarian
- kaouedBreton
- engabiar, gàbiaCatalan, Valencian
- klecCzech
- cawellWelsh
- burDanish
- KäfigGerman
- κλουβίGreek
- kaĝoEsperanto
- jaulaSpanish
- puurEstonian
- kaiolaBasque
- قفسPersian
- häkkiFinnish
- cage, encagerFrench
- engaiolar, gaiola, xaulaGalician
- כְּלוּבHebrew
- क़फ़सHindi
- ketrecHungarian
- վանդակArmenian
- sangkarIndonesian
- kajoIdo
- búrIcelandic
- gabbia, cabinaItalian
- 檻, ケージ, 篭Japanese
- გალიაGeorgian
- 우리Korean
- qefes, rekehKurdish
- KäfegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- narvasLithuanian
- būrisLatvian
- кафез, кабинаMacedonian
- sangkarMalay
- kooi, kooien, liftkooi, opsluiten in een kooiDutch
- burNorwegian
- gàbiaOccitan
- klatkaPolish
- gaiola, jaulaPortuguese
- cușcăRomanian
- кабина, клеткаRussian
- кавез, kavez, крлетка, krletkaSerbo-Croatian
- klietkaSlovak
- kletkaSlovene
- kafazAlbanian
- burSwedish
- กรงThai
- kafesTurkish
- кліткаUkrainian
- قفسUrdu
- chuồng, cái lồng, lồng, cái chuồngVietnamese
- cekVolapük
- gayole, tchaive, cadjeWalloon
- 笼Chinese
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