cage
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
anything that confines or imprisons; prison.
something resembling a cage in structure, as for a cashier or bank teller.
the car or enclosed platform of an elevator.
Mining. an enclosed platform for raising and lowering people and cars in a mine shaft.
any skeleton framework.
Baseball. a movable backstop for use mainly in batting practice.
a frame with a net attached to it, forming the goal in ice hockey and field hockey.
Basketball: Older Use. the basket.
a loose, sheer or lacy overdress worn with a slip or a close-fitting dress.
Ordnance. a steel framework for supporting guns.
Machinery. retainer1 (def. 3).
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.
Origin of cage
1Other words for cage
Other words from cage
- cageless, adjective
- cagelike, adjective
- re·cage, verb (used with object), re·caged, re·cag·ing.
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Other definitions for Cage (2 of 2)
John, 1912–1992, U.S. composer.
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How to use cage in a sentence
In a later experiment, they showed that animals, when given the choice, actively avoided areas of their cages that, when entered, triggered the activation of the neurons.
Why do you feel lonely? Neuroscience is starting to find answers. | Amy Nordrum | September 4, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewTen weeks later, each monkey was moved with its mother to an unfamiliar cage.
Puberty can repair the brain’s stress responses after hardship early in life | Esther Landhuis | August 28, 2020 | Science NewsThe team also analyzed blood levels of the stress hormone cortisol before and after the time spent in the new cage.
Puberty can repair the brain’s stress responses after hardship early in life | Esther Landhuis | August 28, 2020 | Science NewsThat blood had been collected before, during and after their time in the new cage.
A bit of stress may help young people build resilience | Esther Landhuis | August 27, 2020 | Science News For StudentsAround the same time, the psychiatrist Cesar Agostini kept dogs in cages rigged with bells that jangled horribly whenever they tried to lie down and sleep, and in the 1920s researchers in Japan did something similar with cages studded with nails.
But you wonder how even the sane keep from losing their minds when you step into a cell—or rather a cage—at Graterford.
Here’s a Reform Even the Koch Brothers and George Soros Can Agree On | Tina Brown | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is empty, the door swung open—perhaps the bird has already flown, or perhaps the cage awaits its next inhabitant.
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun | Katie Baker | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, in 2000 a 9.0-rated Action Comics No.1 owned by Nicolas cage was stolen from his house.
The Holy Grail of Comic Books Hid in Plain Site at New York Comic Con | Sujay Kumar | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the U.S, Allan Kaprow, an artist pupil of John cage, came up with the word “Happening” in 1957.
The Life and Art of Radical Provocateur—and Commune Leader—Otto Muehl | Anthony Haden-Guest | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen I first heard about the sport, I assumed that it was a “no holds barred” cage match where pretty much anything goes.
Jesus Said Knock You Out: In ‘Fight Church’ Christians Beat Thy Neighbor | Bryan Storkel | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo Hettie put the chicken in a cage, with some wool to cover it, and fed it several times every day, till it came to know her.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1 | VariousThe 'cage' was simply an arrangement for 'straiter custody,' though but rarely judged necessary in the case of ladies.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonAcross the middle of the cage a stout barricade has been erected, and behind the barricade sits the Master, pale but defiant.
A long, portable cage had been put together on the stage during the intermission, and within it the ten pacing beasts.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithThe cage went down by the run into the boat, and with a crash fell asunder.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for cage (1 of 2)
/ (keɪdʒ) /
an enclosure, usually made with bars or wire, for keeping birds, monkeys, mice, etc
(as modifier): cagebird
a thing or place that confines or imprisons
something resembling a cage in function or structure: the rib cage
the enclosed platform of a lift, esp as used in a mine
engineering a skeleton ring device that ensures that the correct amount of space is maintained between the individual rollers or balls in a rolling bearing
informal the basket used in basketball
informal the goal in ice hockey
US a steel framework on which guns are supported
rattle someone's cage informal to upset or anger someone
(tr) to confine in or as in a cage
Origin of cage
1British Dictionary definitions for Cage (2 of 2)
/ (keɪdʒ) /
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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