cage
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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.
Origin of cage
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin cavea birdcage, equivalent to cav(us) hollow + -ea, feminine of -eus adj. suffix
Synonyms for cage
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cage
noun
verb
Word Origin for cage
C13: from Old French, from Latin cavea enclosure, from cavus hollow
Cage
noun
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