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1. (n.) cage
a boxlike enclosure with wires, bars, or the like, for confining birds or animals.
2. cage
a prison.
3. cage
a cagelike enclosure for a cashier or bank teller.
4. cage
an elevator car.
5. cage
a similar enclosure for raising and lowering workers in a mine shaft.
6. cage
any skeleton framework, esp. in construction.
7. cage
a movable mesh backstop used for baseball batting practice.
8. cage
a frame with a net attached to it, forming the goal in ice hockey and field hockey.
9. (v.t.) cage
to put or confine in or as if in a cage.
10. (n.) Cage
John, 1912–92, U.S. composer.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cage, coop
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
2. (noun) cage
something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
3. (noun) Cage, John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr.
United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
4. (noun) cage
the net that is the goal in ice hockey
5. (verb) batting cage, cage
a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
6. (verb) cage, cage in
confine in a cage
"The animal was caged"
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1. (noun) cage
a container with bars for an animal to live in
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cage
a box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals
2. (noun) cage
a place of confinement for malefactors
3. (noun) cage
an outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase
4. (noun) cage
a skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve
5. (noun) cage
a wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes
6. (noun) cage
the box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft
7. (noun) cage
the drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim
8. (noun) cage
the catcher's wire mask
9. (verb) cage
to confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine
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Sense: 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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 Arabic: قَفَص |
 Bulgarian: кафез |
 Brazilian: gaiola |
 Czech: klec |
 German: der Käfig |
 Danish: bur |
 Greek: κλουβί |
 Spanish: jaula |
 Estonian: puur |
 Farsi: قفس |
 Finnish: häkki |
 French: cage |
 Hebrew: כְּלוּב |
 Hindi: पिंजरा |
 Croatian: krletka, kavez |
 Hungarian: kalitka, ketrec |
 Indonesian: kurungan |
 Icelandic: búr |
 Italian: gabbia |
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 Korean: 우리 |
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 Malay: sangkar |
 Dutch: kooi |
 Norwegian: bur |
 Polish: klatka |
 Persian: قفس |
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 Portuguese: gaiola |
 Romanian: cuşcă; colivie |
 Russian: клетка |
 Slovak: klietka |
 Slovenian: kletka |
 Serbian: kavez |
 Swedish: bur |
 Thai: กรง |
 Turkish: kafes |
 Taiwanese: 籠 |
 Ukrainian: клітка |
 Urdu: پنجرہ |
 Vietnamese: chuồng |
 Chinese: 笼 |
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