cage
[ keyj ]
/ keɪdʒ /
noun
verb (used with object), caged, cag·ing.
to put or confine in or as if in a cage.
Sports. to shoot (as a puck) into a cage so as to score a goal.
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Origin of cage
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cavea “birdcage,” equivalent to cav(us) “hollow” + -ea, feminine of -eus adjective suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM cage
cageless, adjectivecagelike, adjectivere·cage, verb (used with object), re·caged, re·cag·ing.Words nearby cage
cafone, caftan, cag, caganer, Cagayan de Oro, cage, cage bird, cage fighting, cageling, cager, cagey
Definition for cage (2 of 2)
Cage
[ keyj ]
/ keɪdʒ /
noun
John, 1912–1992, U.S. composer.
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British Dictionary definitions for cage (1 of 2)
cage
/ (keɪdʒ) /
noun
verb
(tr) to confine in or as in a cage
Word Origin for cage
C13: from Old French, from Latin cavea enclosure, from cavus hollow
British Dictionary definitions for cage (2 of 2)
Cage
/ (keɪdʒ) /
noun
John. 1912–92, US composer of experimental music for a variety of conventional, modified, or invented instruments. He evolved a type of music apparently undetermined by the composer, such as in Imaginary Landscape (1951) for 12 radio sets. Other works include Reunion (1968), Apartment Building 1776 (1976), and Europeras 3 and 4 (1990)
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