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Cage

Cage Meaning & Definition
Cage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cage?

[n] a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
[n] an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept
[n] the net that is the goal in ice hockey
[n] United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
[n] something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
[v] confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cage: batting cage | cage in | coop | John Cage | John Milton Cage Jr.

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cage: beleaguer | beset | besiege | blockade | bottle up | bound | box in | box up | chamber | check | cloister | close in | compass | confine | constrain | contain | coop | coop in | coop up | cordon | cordon off | cork up | corral | crate | crib | detain | drive | drove | encage | encircle | enclose | enclosure | encompass | enshrine | fence in | goad | hedge in | hell | hem in | herd | hold | hold in custody | hold in restraint | house in | hutch | immure | impound | imprison | in | incarcerate | include | inhibit | jail | keep in | keep in custody | keep in detention | kennel | lash | leaguer | limbo | mew | mew up | pen | pen in | pen up | penfold | pinfold | place of confinement | pocket | pound | prick | punch cattle | purgatory | quarantine | rail in | restrain | restrict | ride herd on | round up | seal up | shackle | shepherd | shrine | shut in | shut up | spur | stable | surround | wall in | whip | wrangle | wrap | yard | yard up

See Also | baseball equipment | birdcage | composer | confine | constraint | detain | enclosure | hutch | iron cage | net | restraint | squirrel cage

Cage In Webster's Dictionary

\Cage\, n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. {Cave}, n., {Cajole}, {Gabion}.] 1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. --Cowper. 2. A place of confinement for malefactors --Shak. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. --Lovelace. 3. (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase. --Gwilt. 4. (Mach.) (a) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve. (b) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes. 5. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft. 6. (Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim. 7. (Baseball) The catcher's wire mask.
\Cage\ (k[=a]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caged} (k[=a]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Caging}.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. ``Caged and starved to death.'' --Cowper.

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