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cage
1[ keyj ]
noun
- a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
Synonyms: , , ,
- anything that confines or imprisons; prison.
- something resembling a cage in structure, as for a cashier or bank teller.
- the car or enclosed platform of an elevator.
- Mining. an enclosed platform for raising and lowering people and cars in a mine shaft.
- any skeleton framework.
- Baseball. a movable backstop for use mainly in batting practice.
- a frame with a net attached to it, forming the goal in ice hockey and field hockey.
- Basketball: Older Use. the basket.
- a loose, sheer or lacy overdress worn with a slip or a close-fitting dress.
- Ordnance. a steel framework for supporting guns.
- Machinery. retainer 1( def 3 ).
verb (used with object)
- to put or confine in or as if in a cage.
- Sports. to shoot (as a puck) into a cage so as to score a goal.
Cage
2[ keyj ]
noun
- John, 1912–1992, U.S. composer.
cage
1/ ɪ /
noun
- an enclosure, usually made with bars or wire, for keeping birds, monkeys, mice, etc
- ( as modifier )
cagebird
- a thing or place that confines or imprisons
- something resembling a cage in function or structure
the rib cage
- the enclosed platform of a lift, esp as used in a mine
- engineering a skeleton ring device that ensures that the correct amount of space is maintained between the individual rollers or balls in a rolling bearing
- informal.the basket used in basketball
- informal.the goal in ice hockey
- a steel framework on which guns are supported
- rattle someone's cage informal.to upset or anger someone
verb
- tr to confine in or as in a cage
Cage
2/ ɪ /
noun
- CageJohn19121992MUSMUSIC: composer of experimental music John. 1912–92, US composer of experimental music for a variety of conventional, modified, or invented instruments. He evolved a type of music apparently undetermined by the composer, such as in Imaginary Landscape (1951) for 12 radio sets. Other works include Reunion (1968), Apartment Building 1776 (1976), and Europeras 3 and 4 (1990)
Other Word Forms
- l adjective
- l adjective
- · verb (used with object) recaged recaging
Word History and Origins
Origin of cage1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cage1
Example Sentences
A gang of thieves from London who stole ancient artefacts from a Swiss museum have been jailed for plotting to kill a cage fighter at his luxury home.
Hunter Manning lives so close to the West Ranch High baseball field that he can hear sounds of balls being hit in the batting cage at night.
Now seven years old, Vanellope has undergone groundbreaking surgery to reconstruct a protective cage around her heart - using her ribs.
According to the USDA, the vast majority — 74% or over 22 million — were from battery cages this year.
Zip up tents have also been used - and even, in one instance, a cage.
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