CAGE

cage, coop

(noun) an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept

cage

(noun) the net that is the goal in ice hockey

Cage, John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr.

(noun) United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)

cage

(noun) something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement

cage, cage in

(verb) confine in a cage; “The animal was caged”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cage (plural cages)

An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.

The passenger compartment of a lift.

(hockey, water polo) The goal.

(US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.

(figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.

(athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.

An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.

(engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.

A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.

(mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

(baseball) The catcher's wire mask.

(graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.

Verb

cage (third-person singular simple present cages, present participle caging, simple past and past participle caged)

To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.

(figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.

To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.

Anagrams

• cega

Proper noun

Cage

A surname.

Anagrams

• cega

Source: Wiktionary


Cage, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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)

Definition: The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

7. (Baseball)

Definition: The catcher's wire mask.

Cage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caged; p. pr. & vb. n. Caging.]

Definition: To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. "Caged and starved to death." Cowper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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