'Cage' definitions:
Definition of 'cage'
From: WordNet
noun
An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept [syn: cage, coop]
noun
Something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
noun
United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992) [syn: Cage, John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr.]
noun
The net that is the goal in ice hockey
noun
A movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice [syn: batting cage, cage]
verb
Confine in a cage; "The animal was caged" [syn: cage, cage in]
Definition of 'Cage'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Cage'
From: GCIDE
- Cage \Cage\, n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. [1913 Webster]
- In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A place of confinement for malefactors --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. --Lovelace. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mach.) (a) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve. (b) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Baseball) The catcher's wire mask. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cage'
From: Easton
- Cage (Heb. kelub', Jer. 5:27, marg. "coop;" rendered "basket" in Amos 8:1), a basket of wicker-work in which birds were placed after being caught. In Rev. 18:2 it is the rendering of the Greek _phulake_, properly a prison or place of confinement.
Synonyms of 'cage'
From: Moby 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