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cage

noun

1 cage

An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept.

synonym: coop.

Roget 752: prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, ... show more

Roget 370: husbandry, taming etc. v.; circuration, zoohygiantics; domestication, domesticity; manege [Fr.], veterinary art; farriery; breeding, pisciculture.    menagerie, ... show more

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Roget 189: abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, ... show more

Dutch: liftkooi, box, kooi
Polish: klatka

2 cage

Something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement.

3 Cage

United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992).

synonyms: John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr..

4 cage

The net that is the goal in ice hockey.

5 cage

A movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice.

synonym: batting cage.

verb

1 cage

Confine in a cage:
— The animal was caged.

synonym: cage in.

Roget 751: restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall; restrict; debar etc. ... show more

Roget 370: tame, domesticate, acclimatize, breed, tend, break in, train; cage, bridle, etc. (restrain) 751.   


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 ... show more.

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