Synonyms of caging

caging

verb

present participle of cage

as in housing

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers

caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housing
• confining
• encasing
• enclosing
• surrounding
• including
• penning
• enveloping
• hedging
• closeting
• encaging
• corralling
• boxing (in)
• restricting
• fencing (in)
• cooping (up)
• mewing (up)
• hemming (in)
• walling (in)
• bounding
• limiting
• containing
• immuring
• encompassing
• circumscribing
• encircling
• ringing
• encapsulating
• enframing
• enfolding
• cocooning
• framing
• armoring
• ensheathing
• enlacing
• encysting
• encapsuling
• ensphering
• enwombing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of caging

None of the people involved in caging the fawn were identified, according to the release. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026

The type of tomato plant and whether it is supported with staking or caging factors into spacing. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 June 2026

Unlike staking tomatoes, which requires hands-on maintenance to continually tie the stems to the support, caging is nearly maintenance-free. — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2026

Corporations profit from caging people. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026

Consider Stakes Consider staking or caging plants to save space, reduce disease and insect problems, and make harvesting easier. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 29 Apr. 2026

Also, blitzing is a way of caging in Drake Maye, one of the best scramblers in the league. — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026

Typical methods involve caging these substances within a host material. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026

For an adult nation that recently could not hold down reliable jobs, the suggestion of putting faith into virtual realities was comparable to caging lightning between your hands. — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026