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cage  (kj)

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 large wire screen placed behind home plate to stop balls in batting practice.

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

Noun

1. an enclosure made of bars or wires, for keeping birds or animals in

2. the enclosed platform of a lift in a mine

Verb

[caging, caged]

to confine in a cage [Latin cavea enclosure]

caged adj

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.

verb 2. shut up, confine, restrain, imprison, lock up, mew, incarcerate, fence in, impound, coop up, immure, pound

Translations

cage [keɪdʒ] n → jaula

vt → enjaular

cage [keɪdʒ] n → cage f

vt → mettre en cage

cage [keɪdʒ] n → Käfig m;

(of lift) → Fahrkorb m

vt → einsperren

cage [keɪdʒ] n → gabbia

vt → mettere in gabbia

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cage

n cage [keidʒ]

1 a box of wood, wire etc for holding birds or animals The lion has escaped from its cage; a bird-cage.hok; kouقَفَصкафезklecburder Käfigκλουβίjaulapuurقفسhäkkicageכְּלוּבपिंजराkrletka, kavezkalitka, ketreckurunganbúrgabbiaおり새장, 우리narvas, narvelisbūris; krātiņš; sprostssangkarkooiburklatkagaiolacuşcă; colivieклеткаklietkakletkakavezburกรงkafes籠кліткаپنجرہchuồng笼

2 a lift in a mine. hyshokهَيْكَلٌ قَفَصي الشَّكْلмин. асансьорtěžní klecmineelevatorder Förderkorbκλούβα ορυχείουjaulakongنوعی دستگاه بالابر در معادنkaivoshissicageתֵּיבָת מַעֲלִיתखदान में लगा लिफ्टvozna košaraliftliftlyftuklefimontacarichiエレベーターの箱승강대(lifto) kabina, (kasyklos) keltuvaslifta kabīne (šahtā)lifschachtkooigruveheiswindaelevadorliftклетьklietkadvigalodizalicahisskorgลิฟต์ใช้ในเหมืองmaden ocağı asansörü〈礦〉升降机罐籠клітьکان میں استعمال ہونے والی لفٹthang máy trong mỏ［矿］罐笼

v

to put in a cage Some people think that it is cruel to cage wild animals.opsluitيَحْبِسُ في قَفَصзатварям в клеткаzavřít do klecebure indeeinsperrenβάζω σε κλουβίenjaularpuuri panemaدر قفس کردنsulkea häkkiin, vangitamettre en cageלָשִׂים בִּכלוּבबन्द करनाstaviti u krletku; zatvoritikalitkába zármengurungsetja í búrmettere in gabbiaかごに入れる새장[]에 넣다uždaryti į narvą/narvelįiesprostot; turēt krātiņā/būrīmengurungkooiensette i burumieszczać w klatceengaiolara băga în cuşcăсажать в клеткуchovať v klietkezapreti v kletkozatvoriti u kavezsätta i bur, spärra inใส่กรงkafese koymak把...關入籠內садити в кліткуپنجرے میں ڈالناnhốt vào chuồng把...关入笼内

n ˈcagebird

a bird, eg a canary, suitable for keeping in a cage. kouvoëlقَفَصُ عَصافيرптичка, домашен любимецpták vhodný pro chování v kleciburfuglder Käfigvogelπουλί που ζει σε κλουβίpájaro doméstico/de jaulapuurilindپرندۀ قفسیhäkkilintuoiseau de volièreצִפּוֹר @@@צִיפּוֹר$$$पिंजरा में आम तौर पर रखे जाने वाले पक्षीptica koja živi u krletkikalitkába zárt madárburung piaraanbúrfugl, fugl í búriuccello da gabbiaかごの鳥새장에 넣어 기르는 새narvelyje laikomas paukštisdekoratīvais putnsburung kurungankooivogelburfuglptak hodowanypássaro de gaiolapasăre de colivieптица, содержащаяся в клеткеvták chovaný v klietkeptič za v kletkoptica za kavezburfågelกรงนกkafes kuşu適宜在籠中生活的鳥птах, якого тримають у клітціپنجرے میں رہنے والا پرندہchim lồng适宜在笼中生活的鸟