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Cage

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.

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"

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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