Cage Definition

kāj
caged, cages, caging
noun
cages
A box or enclosed structure made of wires, bars, etc., for confining birds or animals.
Webster's New World
A fenced-in area as for confining prisoners of war.
Webster's New World
An enclosing openwork structure.
Placed a protective cage over the sapling; a bank teller's cage.
American Heritage
Any openwork structure or frame, as some elevator cars.
Webster's New World
A skeletal support, as for a building; a framework.
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verb
caged, cages, caging
To put or confine, as in a cage.
Webster's New World

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.

Wiktionary
(figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
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Other Word Forms of Cage

Noun

Singular:
cage
Plural:
cages

Origin of Cage

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin cavea

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French cage, from Latin cavea.

    From Wiktionary

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