Cage (k j), John Milton, Jr. 1912-1992. American musical theorist and composer of avant-garde works, such as Sonatas and Interludes for a piano with its strings damped by wood and metal (1946-1948). |
| 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. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cavea.] |
cage [keɪdʒ]
n
1.
a. an enclosure, usually made with bars or wire, for keeping birds, monkeys, mice, etc.
b. (as modifier) cagebird
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. (Engineering / 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. (Team Sports / Basketball) Informal the basket used in basketball
7. (Team Sports / Hockey (Field & Ice)) Informal the goal in ice hockey
8. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) US a steel framework on which guns are supported
rattle someone's cage Informal to upset or anger someone
vb
(tr) to confine in or as in a cage
[from Old French, from Latin cavea enclosure, from cavus hollow]
Cage [keɪdʒ]
n
(Biographies / Cage, John (1912-1992) M, US, MUSIC: composer of experimental music) 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),
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  cage - an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be keptbirdcage - 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) | |
| 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 baseball equipment - equipment used in playing baseball | |
| Verb | 1. | cage - confine in a cage; "The animal was caged" |
cage
verb
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.
Translations
cage [keɪdʒ]
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?.
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
cage
n
(of lift) → Aufzug m; (Min) → Förderkorb m
vt (also cage up) → in einen Käfig sperren, einsperren
cage [keɪdʒ]
cage [keɪdʒ]
1. n (gen, in mine) → gabbia
cage in vt + adv → ingabbiare
cage [keɪdʒ]
1. n (gen, in mine) → gabbia
cage in vt + adv → ingabbiare
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; kou قَفَص кафез klec bur der Käfig κλουβί jaula puur قفس häkki cage כְּלוּב पिंजरा krletka, kavez kalitka, ketrec kurungan búr gabbia おり 우리 narvas, narvelis būris; krātiņš; sprosts sangkar kooi bur klatka 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 těžní klec mineelevator der Förderkorb κλούβα ορυχείου jaula kong نوعی دستگاه بالابر در معادن kaivoshissi 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 gruveheis winda elevador lift клеть klietka dvigalo dizalica hisskorg ลิฟต์ใช้ในเหมือง maden ocağı asansörü (礦坑)升降機罐籠 кліть کان میں استعمال ہونے والی لفٹ thang máy trong mỏ ［矿］罐笼
v
to put in a cage Some people think that it is cruel to cage wild animals. opsluit يَحْبِسُ في قَفَص затварям в клетка zavřít do klece bure inde einsperren βάζω σε κλουβί enjaular puuri panema در قفس کردن sulkea häkkiin, vangita 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 kooien sette i bur umieszczać w klatce 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
n cagebird
a bird, eg a canary, suitable for keeping in a cage. kouvoël قَفَصُ عَصافير птичка, домашен любимец pták vhodný pro chování v kleci burfugl der Käfigvogel πουλί που ζει σε κλουβί pájaro doméstico/de jaula puurilind پرندۀ قفسی häkkilintu oiseau de volière צִפּוֹר @@@צִיפּוֹר$$$ 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 kooivogel burfugl ptak hodowany pássaro de gaiola pasăre de colivie птица, содержащаяся в клетке vták chovaný v klietke ptič za v kletko ptica za kavez burfågel กรงนก 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
Cage → قفص 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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