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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
cage
n 1: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or
animals can be kept [syn: cage, coop]
2: something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
3: United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992) [syn:
Cage, John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr.]
4: the net that is the goal in ice hockey
5: a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls
during batting practice [syn: batting cage, cage]
v 1: confine in a cage; "The animal was caged" [syn: cage,
cage in]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Cage \Cage\, n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus
hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.]
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1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood
or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
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In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. --Cowper.
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2. A place of confinement for malefactors --Shak.
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Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage. --Lovelace.
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3. (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something
within it; as, the cage of a staircase. --Gwilt.
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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.
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5. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or
elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
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6. (Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting
whim.
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7. (Baseball) The catcher's wire mask.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Cage \Cage\ (k[=a]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caged (k[=a]jd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Caging.]
To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.
"Caged and starved to death." --Cowper.
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4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
CAGE
Early system on IBM 704. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
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5. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
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.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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