cage
noun
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
caged
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past participleof cage.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cage.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cagenouna boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
Example Sentences
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He strolled San Francisco’s streets with them to promote his caged menagerie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
We passed a caged dog and saw a puppy on a short leash being loaded into a vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Her caged parakeet in the upper corner stares back at us, acknowledging our voyeurism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
In the third episode, a challenge requires half of those remaining to be caged while a partner stacks animal skulls into a tower to free them.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
During those first few weeks, warders from other sections and even other prisons came to stare at us as if we were a collection of rare caged animals.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
