caged

Cage  (kj), 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).

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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.]

Translations

caged [ˈkeɪdʒd] adj [bird, animal] → en cage
a caged bird → un oiseau en cage