cage
noun
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
have caged
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present perfectof cage.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Other monsters have caged heads, and zombielike creatures bare their pointy teeth.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
How many of these jobs could Graham have caged by the age of 45 if he had been born to Joe and Jane Average of Keokuk, Iowa?
From Slate ● May 28, 2010
"I mean that like will to like, and blood to blood; also that there may be a nest far away which this bird that we have caged should fill."
From Swallow: a tale of the great trek by Henry Rider Haggard
It is a long time since I have seen you, but I have caged you at last.
From Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated by Solon Robinson
I have caged it in my pretty cage.
From The Little House in the Fairy Wood by Ethel Cook Eliot
