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Cage   /keɪdʒ/   Listen
Cage

noun
1.
An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept.  Synonym: coop.
2.
Something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement.
3.
United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992).  Synonyms: John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr..
4.
The net that is the goal in ice hockey.
5.
A movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice.  Synonym: batting cage.
verb
(past & past part. caged; pres. part. caging)
1.
Confine in a cage.  Synonym: cage in.



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"Cage" Quotes from Famous Books



... inordinately pshaw therefore circumspect puss grand inasmuch stop touch sameness back cage disconsolate candle. ...
— Deductive Logic • St. George Stock
... said Poppy in a surly voice. She pressed her face against the glass like a beast looking out of its cage. It was quite certain, as the silence endured, ...
— The Judge • Rebecca West
... ponderous hinges creaked, as fifty or more repulsive-looking wretches, the majority of them clad in rags, hurled themselves against the gate, uttering shrieks of baffled rage. One would have supposed them wild beasts trying to break from their cage. ...
— Which? - or, Between Two Women • Ernest Daudet
... so—have the boy strong enough on one side or other of their natures, to be a great provocation to womankind; and Dr. Spencer did not rest from his pursuit till the brood of the jackdaws had been discovered, and two gray-headed nestlings kidnapped, which were destined to a wicker cage and education. Little Aubrey was beyond measure proud, and was suggesting all sorts of outrageous classical names for them, till politely told by Tom that he would make them as great prigs as himself, and that their names should be nothing ...
— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge
... prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for a hermitage: If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free,— Angels alone that soar above ...
— English Songs and Ballads • Various


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