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Meaning of 'cage' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cage [ n.]
- A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
- A place of confinement for malefactors
- An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.
- A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.
- A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
- The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
- The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
- The catcher's wire mask.
2 . Cage [ v. i.]
- To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.

Meaning of 'cage' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cage [ v]
Meaning (1):
- confine in a cage
Example in sentence:
  • The animal was caged

Nearby Words:

cag caged cageling caging cagit cagmag cagot

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