Cage
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English
Noun
Cage (plural Cages)- an enclosure made of bars
- the passenger compartment of a lift
- another name for the goal in water polo and hockey
- (US derogatory slang) automobile
Verb
Cage (third-person singular simple present Cages, present participle caging, simple past and past participle caged)
- to put into a cage
- (advertising, politics) To track individual responses to direct mail.
Adjectives for Cage
subterranean; quarantined; awful; gilded; bamboo; wire; delicate; adjourning; wicker; pretty.
Verbs for Cage
bar—; beat—; burst—; chain—; confine in—; convey in—; coop in—; escape from—; fetter in—; flit from—; hoist—; house in—; imprison in—; muffle in—; release from—; seal—; thrive in—; transport in—; wire in-;
Derived terms
Thesaurus
beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, chamber, check, cloister, close in, compass, confine, constrain, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, cork up, corral, crate, crib, detain, drive, drove, encage, encircle, enclose, enclosure, encompass, enshrine, fence in, goad, hedge in, hell, hem in, herd, hold, hold in custody, hold in restraint, house in, hutch, immure, impound, imprison, in, incarcerate, include, inhibit, jail, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention, kennel, lash, leaguer, limbo, mew, mew up, pen, pen in, pen up, penfold, pinfold, place of confinement, pocket, pound, prick, punch cattle, purgatory, quarantine, rail in, restrain, restrict, ride herd on, round up, seal up, shackle, shepherd, shrine, shut in, shut up, spur, stable, surround, wall in, whip, wrangle, wrap, yard, yard up
Etymology
From Old French cage, from Latin cavea
