Definitions for cagekeɪdʒ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
cagekeɪdʒ(n.; v.)caged, cag•ing.
(n.)a boxlike enclosure with wires, bars, or the like, for confining birds or animals.
a prison.
a cagelike enclosure for a cashier or bank teller.
an elevator car.
a similar enclosure for raising and lowering workers in a mine shaft.
Category: Mining
any skeleton framework, esp. in construction.
a movable mesh backstop used for baseball batting practice.
Category: Sport
a frame with a net attached to it, forming the goal in ice hockey and field hockey.
Category: Sport
(v.t.)to put or confine in or as if in a cage.
Origin of cage:
1175–1225; ME < OF < L cavea birdcage, der. of cavus hollow
cage′like`(adj.)
Cagekeɪdʒ(n.)
John, 1912–92, U.S. composer.
Category: Biography
Princeton's WordNet
cage, coop(noun)
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
cage(noun)
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)
cage(noun)
the net that is the goal in ice hockey
batting cage, cage(verb)
a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
cage, cage in(verb)
confine in a cage
"The animal was caged"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
cage(noun)ɪdʒ
a container with bars for an animal to live in
Wiktionary
cage(Noun)
an enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
cage(Noun)
the passenger compartment of a lift
cage(Noun)
the goal.
cage(Noun)
(US derogatory slang) automobile
cage(Noun)
Something that hinders freedom.
cage(Verb)
to put into a cage
cage(Verb)
to keep in a cage
cage(Verb)
To track individual responses to direct mail.
cage(Verb)
to restrict someone's movement or creativity
Origin: From cage, from Latin cavea
Webster Dictionary
Cage(noun)
a box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals
Cage(noun)
a place of confinement for malefactors
Cage(noun)
an outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase
Cage(noun)
a skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve
Cage(noun)
a wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes
Cage(noun)
the box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft
Cage(noun)
the drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim
Cage(noun)
the catcher's wire mask
Cage(verb)
to confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine
Translations for cage
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
cage(noun)
a box of wood, wire etc for holding birds or animals
The lion has escaped from its cage; a bird-cage.
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