uncaged

[uhn-keyjd]

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adjective

not confined in a cage.
free or set free from confinement or restraint: the uncaged spirit of a freethinker.

Origin of uncaged

1725–35; un-¹ + cage + -ed² for def 1; uncage + -ed² for def 2

uncage

[uhn-keyj]

verb (used with object), un·caged, un·cag·ing.

to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.

Origin of uncage

First recorded in 1610–20; un-² + cage

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Related Words for uncaged

relaxed, sloppy, lax, easy, baggy, detached, parole, rescue, pardon, clear, relieve, extricate, acquit, release, discharge, dismiss, save, limp, hanging, escaped

Examples from the Web for uncaged

Contemporary Examples of uncaged

But an uncaged tyrant like Saddam demanded a posture at once more nimble and aggressive.
The Case for Bombing Iran Shows Hawks Wrong All Over Again
Michael Tomasky
February 8, 2012

Historical Examples of uncaged

For ransom and release, she gave her lips unresistingly, and he uncaged her.
The Scarlet Feather
Houghton Townley
And I no more dared glance at Tod than if he had been an uncaged crocodile.
Johnny Ludlow. First Series
Mrs. Henry Wood
And Paula, uncaged at last, came to his heart with a cry, and clung there.
Our Square and the People in It
Samuel Hopkins Adams
There were uncaged winds about; you could hear them whistling among the precipices.
Day and Night Stories
Algernon Blackwood
Then, that he must be as near the uncaged tiger as human mind and body can be made.
Friday, the Thirteenth
Thomas W. Lawson

British Dictionary definitions for uncaged

uncaged

adjective

at liberty

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