Definition of cage
1 : a box or enclosure having some openwork for confining or carrying animals (such as birds)
2a : a barred cell for confining prisonersb : a fenced area for prisoners of war
3 : a framework serving as support the steel cage of a skyscraper
4a : an enclosure resembling a cage in form or purpose a cashier's cageb : 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
5a : batting cageb : 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
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Examples of cage in a Sentence
the dogs and cats at the animal shelter looked so sad in their cages
Recent Examples of cage from the Web
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And the body support resembles an external rib cage with hard and soft components providing both comfort and the ability to sense the arm’s load through pressure on the torso.
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Similar concerns for animal welfare have spurred the demand for organic eggs, which are supposed to come from birds that are not only cage-free but also allowed outside.
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Each night, Alzohairi climbs into his loft bed in the office of the tire shop with his birds sleeping in their cages.
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Kids had plenty of opportunities to test their skills in the batting cages, do fielding drills and get tips on how to steal bases in the various activity areas.
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Mine had been horrifically burned at one point, and also managed to get his head trapped in some sort of metal cage thing.
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The new fence and warning track, along with a new batting cage for the softball field and a repaved parking lot near the field house entrance, are the additional touches after the end of a three-year building plan.
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The family’s long-time relationship with White – who lived five minutes away from the Bellingers and extended an open invitation for the Bellinger boys to use his batting cage –
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Structural safety comes in the form of anti-intrusion side door beams, crash-optimized front end and pedal controls, reinforced safety cage construction, and collapsible/deformable steering column/steering wheel.
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Origin and Etymology of cage
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin cavea cavity, cage, from cavus hollow — more at cave
cage
Definition of cage
caged
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transitive verb
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
Examples of cage in a Sentence
caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up
Recent Examples of cage from the Web
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But this doesn’t have to feel like a Mandy Moore caged shark fight to the death.
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I can't be caged within the parameters of a job description.
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The chimps were caged in a trailer lot and at a primate sanctuary.
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Wise argued that the chimps, which were caged in a trailer lot in Gloversville, outside Albany, and at a primate sanctuary in Niagara Falls, should be moved to a large outdoor sanctuary in Florida.
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Each plant’s roots had to be caged to protect them from gophers.
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Jose is caged in this house that his U.S. salary helped build.
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At night, when the chickens are sleeping, crews of chicken catchers round them up, grabbing four in each hand and caging them as the birds peck and scratch and defecate.
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Far more attuned to the realities of personal and economic decline are Stephen Powell as her husband and Brenda Harris as a fading actress, Harris the comic converse of Richard Troxell’s caged beast of an alcoholic has-been.
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First Known Use of cage
1577
Financial Definition of CAGE
cage
What It Is
A cage is a department in a brokerage firm.
How It Works
The cage is a physical location in which people at a brokerage firm handle physical securities and certificates. The location is called a cage because it usually has bars or other barriers to prevent other people from entering and exiting, and it usually has a vault.
Why It Matters
The cage is a crucial part of any brokerage firm's operations because it ensures that clients' physical certificates are kept safe and sound, and that the right securities are exchanged in transactions.
CAGE Defined for English Language Learners
cage
playDefinition of cage for English Language Learners
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: a box made of wire or metal bars in which people keep animals or birds
CAGE Defined for Kids
Definition of cage for Students
1 : a box or enclosure that has large openings covered usually with wire net or bars and is used for keeping birds or animals a hamster cage
2 : an enclosure like a cage in shape or purpose a bank teller's cage
Definition of cage for Students
caged
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: to put or keep in or as if in a cage She caged the birds together.
Medical Dictionary
cage
playMedical Definition of cage
: 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
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