1
: a box or enclosure having some openwork for confining or carrying animals (such as birds)
2
a
: a barred cell for confining prisoners
b
: a fenced area for prisoners of war
3
: a framework serving as support
the steel cage of a skyscraper
4
a
: an enclosure resembling a cage in form or purpose
a cashier's cage
b
: an arrangement of atoms or molecules so bonded as to enclose a space in which another atom or ion (as of a metal) can reside
5
a
b
: a goal consisting of posts or a frame with a net attached (as in ice hockey)
6
: a large building containing an area for practicing outdoor sports and often adapted for indoor events
caged; caging
1
: to confine or keep in or as if in a cage
2
: to drive (a puck, a shot, etc.) into a cage and score a goal
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Examples of cage in a Sentence
Noun
the dogs and cats at the animal shelter looked so sad in their cages
Verb
caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Opt for sustainable materials like gabions (cages filled with rocks) or interlocking permeable blocks to hold back soil while allowing water to seep through.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
Swift seemingly went punk in her head-turning Dior look featuring a plaid bustier top with attached skirt, teamed with velvet hot pants and caged gloves, plus thigh-high Stuart Weitzman boots.
—Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The video, which has amassed 3.4 million views since it was posted on August 29, shows Yuna walking out of a cage and cautiously stepping onto a patch of grass.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Opt for sustainable materials like gabions (cages filled with rocks) or interlocking permeable blocks to hold back soil while allowing water to seep through.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
The station also reported that eight to 10 dogs were found in the home in poor health, several of them caged.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
Swift seemingly went punk in her head-turning Dior look featuring a plaid bustier top with attached skirt, teamed with velvet hot pants and caged gloves, plus thigh-high Stuart Weitzman boots.
—Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cage. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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cage
1 of 2 noun1
: an enclosure that has large openings covered usually with wire net or bars and is used for keeping animals or birds
2
: an enclosure like a cage in form or purpose
cageful
noun
cage
2 of 2 verb
caged; caging
: to put or keep in or as if in a cage
Medical Definition
cage
noun
: an arrangement of atoms or molecules so bonded as to enclose a space in which another atom or ion (as of a metal) can reside
Biographical Definition
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