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noun

ˈkāj How to pronounce cage (audio)
Definition of cagenext
as in coop
an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals the dogs and cats at the animal shelter looked so sad in their cages

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verb

as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up

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Recent Examples of cage
Noun
The kitchen was open to the living/dining area, and a room with storage cages was down the hall. — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The video showed the man being accompanied by two FSB servicemen ​onto a plane, then in a cage in a Moscow court, which ordered him detained for nearly two months. — CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
Threading through all their stories is a wild bird – stolen from the forest, peddled in markets, caged in a home – whose restlessness becomes an emblem of every character’s longing to be free. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 June 2026 These plants have a vining growth habit and need to be staked or caged for support. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cage
  1. coop
  2. house
  3. pound
  4. confine
  5. corral
  6. enclose
  7. kennel
  8. pen
Noun
  • In June, his daughter was visiting and spotted temporary coops going up before a permit had been filed.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Monster depicts Lizzie keeping a great number of doves as her dear pets, housing them in an elaborate coop out back.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of coop
Verb
  • Don’t miss the 153-year-old Point Arena Lighthouse, where a climb up the 115-foot tower yields birds-eye views and the Signal Museum houses the original Fresnel lens.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The historic building that houses the restaurant used to be an orphanage for young girls, and the dining space was once a classroom.
    — Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • The manufacturer says the drone can carry 330 pounds and is equipped with signal jammers and autonomous navigation to counter Russian electronic warfare systems.
    — DEREK GATOPOULOS, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Anello has gray hair and brown eyes, is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs approximately 150 pounds.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of pound
Verb
  • They could probably be confined at home, with ankle bracelets, after some time in the Big House.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The effects of the policies the movement pushes are not confined to economic indicators or government reports.
    — Hannah Harshe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of confine
Noun
  • After several miles and several hours, the herd is contained, and visitors can gather at the corrals outside the Custer State Park Bison Center to watch crews work.
    — Mary Beaumont, Midwest Living, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Jones, who has reportedly been able to sell wild horses without online advertisements or a sign at his corral, is not the only allegedly questionable reseller.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of corral
Verb
  • The attack is not so much a matter of precision as enclosing an area—hopefully a space that the fly is within when her jaws slap shut.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In 1928, Schindler returned to enclose the sleeping porches and turn them into conventional bedrooms.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of enclose
Noun
  • Confined to a small dog kennel, Reyes was bound by her hands and feet, gagged and left for weeks at a time.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Software companies have sold to the Pentagon by subscription for years, and now the model is coming to the kennel.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of kennel
Verb
  • Reducing Gulliver’s Travels to only a topsy-turvy tale of humans both tiny and massive is to ignore the savage intellect that penned its words.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Luke Roberts and Justin Matthews, who penned the first film, also wrote the screenplay for the sequel.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026
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