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| cage [ kayj ] |
noun (plural cag·es) |
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1. metal enclosure for animal: an enclosure, usually made from bars or wire, in which to keep animals or birds
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2. enclosing or protecting wire-mesh structure: a wire-mesh structure used to protect or enclose something
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3. elevator platform: the part of an elevator that people stand in, particularly an elevator in a mine shaft
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4. baseball screen to stop balls: in baseball, a screen behind home plate that stops thrown or fouled balls
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5. basketball basket: in basketball, the basket
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informal
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6. hockey hockey goal: the goal in ice hockey
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informal
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7. temporary prison cell: a barred room or strong mesh enclosure for confining prisoners temporarily, e.g. in a police station
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transitive verb (past and past participle caged, present participle cag·ing, 3rd person present singular cag·es) |
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1. put person or animal in cage: to place or keep a person or animal in a cage
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2. put in confining conditions: to confine a person or animal in conditions resembling those of a cage
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| [12th century. Via Old French< Latin cavea "enclosure, dungeon"] |
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  caged adjective |
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rattle somebody's cage to annoy or upset somebody deliberately
"We kept after him and kept after him and finally rattled his cage a little bit, he said."(Cincinnati Post1997)
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