cage

cage

 (kāj)

n.

1. A structure for confining birds or animals, enclosed on at least one side by a grating of wires or bars that lets in air and light.

2. A barred room or fenced enclosure for confining prisoners.

3. An enclosing openwork structure: placed a protective cage over the sapling; a bank teller's cage.

4. A skeletal support, as for a building; a framework.

5. An elevator car.

6.

a. Baseball A batting cage.

b. Sports A goal, as in hockey or soccer, made of a net attached to a frame.

tr.v. caged, cag·ing, cag·es

To put or confine in or as if in a cage. See Synonyms at enclose.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cavea.]

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cage

(keɪdʒ)

n

1.

a. an enclosure, usually made with bars or wire, for keeping birds, monkeys, mice, etc

b. (as modifier): cage bird.

2. a thing or place that confines or imprisons

3. something resembling a cage in function or structure: the rib cage.

4. the enclosed platform of a lift, esp as used in a mine

5. (Mechanical Engineering) 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

6. (Basketball) informal the basket used in basketball

7. (Hockey (Field & Ice)) informal the goal in ice hockey

8. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) US a steel framework on which guns are supported

9. rattle someone's cage informal to upset or anger someone

vb

(tr) to confine in or as in a cage

[C13: from Old French, from Latin cavea enclosure, from cavus hollow]

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Cage

(keɪdʒ)

n

(Biography) 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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cage

(keɪdʒ)

n., v. caged, cag•ing. n.

1. a boxlike enclosure with wires, bars, or the like, for confining birds or animals.

2. a prison.

3. a cagelike enclosure for a cashier or bank teller.

4. an elevator car.

5. a similar enclosure for raising and lowering workers in a mine shaft.

6. any skeleton framework, esp. in construction.

7. a movable mesh backstop used for baseball batting practice.

8. a frame with a net attached to it, forming the goal in ice hockey and field hockey.

v.t.

9. to put or confine in or as if in a cage.

[1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin cavea birdcage, derivative of cavus hollow]

cage′like`, adj.

Cage

(keɪdʒ)

n.

John, 1912–92, U.S. composer.

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cage

- Came to English from Latin cavea, "enclosure for animals; coop, hive, or stall"—or "dungeon."

See also related terms for stall.

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cage

Past participle: caged
Gerund: caging

Imperative

cage

cage

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cage

A net cage within which discus and hammer events are undertaken.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cage - an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept coop birdcage - a cage in which a bird can be kept enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose hutch - a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals squirrel cage - cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it
	2.	cage - something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement constraint, restraint - the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint" iron cage - a cage from which there is no escape
	3.	Cage - United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992) John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr.
	4.	cage - the net that is the goal in ice hockey net - a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
	5.	cage - a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice batting cage baseball equipment - equipment used in playing baseball
Verb	1.	cage - confine in a cage; "The animal was caged" cage in detain, confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement

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cage

noun

1. enclosure, pen, coop, hutch, pound, corral (U.S.) I hate to see animals being kept in cages.

verb

1. shut up, confine, restrain, imprison, lock up, mew, incarcerate, fence in, impound, coop up, immure, pound Don't you think it's cruel to cage wild creatures?

rattle someone's cage annoy, anger, bother, provoke, bug (informal), needle (informal), irritate, tease, harass, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), gall, madden, ruffle, exasperate, nettle, vex, irk, rile, harry, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), get up your nose (informal), piss you off (taboo slang), get your goat (slang), get on your wick (Brit. slang), put your back up Ignore him - he's just trying to rattle your cage.

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cage

verb

To confine within a limited area:

coop (in or up), enclose, fence (in), immure, mew (up), pen, shut in, shut up, wall (in or up).

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Translations

قَفَصهَيْكَلٌ قَفَصي الشَّكْليَحْبِسُ في قَفَص

klectežní kleczavřít do klece

burbure indemineelevator

KäfigeinsperrenFörderkorbGehege

κλουβί

jaulaenjaular

häkki

cagemettre en cage

kavez

kalitkába zár

búrlyftuklefisetja í búr

gabbiaingabbiarecabina

かご

새장

kabinakeltuvasnarvasnarvelisnarvelyje laikomas paukštis

būrisiesprostotkrātiņšlifta kabīnesprosts

kooi

burgruveheissette i bur

klatka

jaulagaiola

клеткакабина

chovať v klietke

kletka

bur

กรง

kafeskafese koymakmaden ocağı asansörü

lồng

把...关入笼内笼笼子罐笼

cage

[keɪdʒ]

A. N → jaula f; (in mine) → jaula f de ascensor

B. VT → enjaular
like a caged tiger → como una fiera enjaulada

C. CPD cage(d) bird N → pájaro m de jaula

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cage

[ˈkeɪdʒ]

n [animal] → cage f
to rattle sb's cage → faire suer qn
Who rattled your cage?
BUT Qu'est ce qui te prend?.

vt [+ animal] → mettre en cage; [+ person] → envoyer derrière les barreaux

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cage

n

→ Käfig m; (= small birdcage) → Bauer nt or m; cage bird → Käfigvogel m

(of lift) → Aufzug m; (Min) → Förderkorb m

vt (also cage up) → in einen Käfig sperren, einsperren

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cage

[keɪdʒ]

1. n (gen, in mine) → gabbia

2. vt → mettere in gabbia

cage in vt + adv → ingabbiare

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cage

(keidʒ) noun

1. a box of wood, wire etc for holding birds or animals. The lion has escaped from its cage; a bird-cage. hok; kou قَفَص кафез gaiola klec der Käfig bur κλουβίjaula puur قفس häkki cageכלוב पिंजरा krletka, kavez kalitka, ketrec kurungan búr gabbia おり 우리 narvas, narvelis būris; krātiņš; sprosts sangkar kooiburklatka کپس gaiola cuşcă; colivie клетка klietka kletka kavez bur กรง kafes 籠 клітка پنجرہ chuồng 笼

2. a lift in a mine. hyshok هَيْكَلٌ قَفَصي الشَّكْل мин. асансьор elevador těžní klec der Förderkorb mineelevator κλούβα ορυχείου jaula kong نوعی دستگاه بالابر در معادن hissi cage תֵּיבָת מַעֲלִית खदान में लगा लिफ्ट vozna košara lift lift lyftuklefi montacarichi エレベーターの箱 승강기 (lifto) kabina, (kasyklos) keltuvas lifta kabīne (šahtā) lif schachtkooi gruveheiswinda د معادنو د انتقال وسيله elevador lift клеть klietka dvigalo dizalica hisskorg ลิฟต์ใช้ในเหมือง maden ocağı asansörü (礦坑)升降機 кліть کان میں استعمال ہونے والی لفٹ thang máy trong mỏ （矿）罐笼

verb

to put in a cage. Some people think that it is cruel to cage wild animals. opsluit يَحْبِسُ في قَفَص затварям в клетка engaiolar zavřít do klece einsperren bure inde βάζω σε κλουβί enjaular puuri panema در قفس کردن sulkea häkkiin mettre en cage לָשִׂים בִּכלוּב बन्द करना staviti u krletku; zatvoriti kalitkába zár mengurung setja í búr mettere in gabbia かごに入れる 우리에 가두다 uždaryti į narvą/narvelį iesprostot; turēt krātiņā/būrī mengurung kooiensette i bur umieszczać w klatce بندی کول engaiolar a băga în cuşcă сажать в клетку chovať v klietke zapreti v kletko zatvoriti u kavez sätta i bur, spärra in ใส่กรง kafese koymak 把...關入籠內 садити в клітку پنجرے میں ڈالنا nhốt vào chuồng 把...关入笼内

ˈcagebird noun

a bird, eg a canary, suitable for keeping in a cage. kouvoël قَفَصُ عَصافير птичка, домашен любимец pássaro de gaiola pták vhodný pro chování v kleci der Käfigvogel burfugl πουλί που ζει σε κλουβί pájaro doméstico/de jaula puurilind پرندۀ قفسی häkkilintu oiseau de volière צפור, ציפור पिंजरा में आम तौर पर रखे जाने वाले पक्षी ptica koja živi u krletki kalitkába zárt madár burung piaraan búrfugl, fugl í búri uccello da gabbia かごの鳥 새장에서 기르는 새 narvelyje laikomas paukštis dekoratīvais putns burung kurungan kooivogelburfugl ptak hodowany د قفس مرغه pássaro de gaiola pasăre de colivie птица, содержащаяся в клетке vták chovaný v klietke ptič za v kletko ptica za kavez burfågel นกที่เลี้ยงไว้ในกรง kafes kuşu 適合籠中飼養的鳥 птах, якого тримають у клітці پنجرے میں رہنے والا پرندہ chim lồng 适宜在笼中生活的鸟

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cage

→ قَفَص klec bur Käfig κλουβί jaula häkki cage kavez gabbia かご 새장 kooi bur klatka jaula клетка bur กรง kafes lồng 笼子

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