cage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /keɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology
From Middle English cage, from Old French cage, from Latin cavea. Doublet of cadge and cavea and related to jail.
Meanings
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An enclosure made of spaced bars, normally to hold animals while providing some ventilation.
The most dangerous prisoners are locked away in a cage.
The tigers are in a cage to protect the public.
For his father had / never a house but the cage.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], lines 48–49:We keep a bird in a cage.
Stone walls do not a prison make, / Nor iron bars a cage.
1642, Richard Lovelace, To Althea, from Prison, stanza 4, lines 1–2:
- The passenger compartment of a lift.
- (qualifier:field hockey or ice hockey; water polo; field hockey or ice hockey; water polo) The goal.
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(abbreviation, alt-of) Short for roll cage, a protective structure around the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
alt of roll cage
- (US, broadly, slang) Synonym of automobile.
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(figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
Schwartz examines with dignity and tenderness the battles within and without of […] families, created and biological, and the cages and freedom they can provide.
1989 December 17, Nan Donald, “Broken Hearts, Messed Up Families, And New Beginnings”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 9:My body is a cage / That keeps me from dancing with the one I love / But my mind holds the key
2007, Jeremy Gara, Régine Chassagne, “My Body Is a Cage”, in Neon Bible, performed by Arcade Fire:
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(slang) A prison or prison cell.
The 'out of the closet' lesbians and gay men here in the Iowa Cages are harassed and discriminated daily by oppressive pigs, believe me, I know, as a lesbian I've experienced it first hand and seen my fellow lesbian and gay friends oppressed to where I'm ready to explode.
1985 December 14, Robyn Shawnee Jackson, “Kouuntry And Kitten”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 4:
- The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
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An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
Cage, in carpentry, is an outer work of timber inclosing another within it. Thus the cage of a stair is the wooden inclosure that encircles it.
1842, Joseph Gwilt, “A Glossary of Terms Used by Architects”, in An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, published 1851, page 941:
- A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
- A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
- The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
- The protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
- A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
- (qualifier:killer sudoku) In killer sudoku puzzles, a group of connecting cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kage | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cagemate · incage · cock cage · decage · fish cage · cage gear · steel cage match · cope cage · Prince Albert cage · iron cage · cagework · cageful · cage ball · tiger cage · health cage · cagey · tomato cage · crow cage · cage stage · queen-cage · orientation cage · goal cage · encage · bear cage · cage boxer · gilded cage · photocage · squirrel's cage · penis cage · rib cage · cage match · cagewash · cageless · birdcage · discage · Faraday cage · cageling · bone-cage · thoracic cage · cager · Pombaline cage · cage effect · cage dancer · Cage Green · cagebird · chastity cage · cage compound · cage fighting · safety cage · supercage · cage home · baby cage · cage boxing · microcage · cage diver · cage-free · cage bird · cage fighter · nanocage · squirrel cage · squat cage · batting cage · bird-cage · cage box · cagelike · cage dive · cage fight · bottle cage · battery cage · cage diving · homecage · cage bra · cage cup · roll cage · squirrel-cage motor · PA cage · cage dance · cagebelle · crush cage
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (152)
ro cușcă (enclosure) · cv читлӗх (enclosure) · el κλουβί (enclosure) · ota قفس (enclosure) · nb bur (enclosure) · bo རླུང་སིལ (enclosure) · cmn 籠 /笼 (enclosure) · lb Käfeg (enclosure) · vi chuồng (enclosure) · ga cás (enclosure) · ru каби́на (lift compartment) · tg қафас (enclosure) · fa قَفَس (enclosure) · cy cawell (enclosure) · hu ketrec (enclosure) · br kaoued (enclosure) · an gayola (enclosure) · kmr rekeh (enclosure) · krc уя (enclosure) · krc орун (enclosure) · lt narvas (enclosure) · ko 우리 (enclosure) · grc κλωβός (enclosure) · mk кафез (enclosure) · izh häkki (enclosure) · mnc ᡥᠣᡵᡳᠨ (enclosure) · cu клѣть (enclosure) · ur قَفَس (enclosure) · ary قفص (enclosure) · uz katak (enclosure) · tk kapasa (enclosure) · uk клі́тка (enclosure) · ar قَفَص (enclosure) · gl tarabellón (enclosure) · mk каби́на (lift compartment) · es jaula (enclosure) · km ទ្រុង (enclosure) · fy kouwe (enclosure) · nl kouw (enclosure) · id sangkar (enclosure) · fo búr (enclosure) · gl panterno (enclosure) · he כְּלוּב (enclosure) · tl kulungan (enclosure) · arz قفص (enclosure) · bg кле́тка (enclosure) · eo kaĝo (enclosure) · sq kafaz (enclosure) · pl klatka (enclosure) · ang bur (enclosure) · th กรง (enclosure) · fr cage (enclosure) · sh kr̀letka (enclosure) · grc ζωγρεῖον (enclosure) · hi कफस (enclosure) · uk кабі́на (lift compartment) · it gabbia (enclosure) · tr kafes (enclosure) · ug قەپەز (enclosure) · bho पिंजरा (enclosure) · vi lồng (enclosure) · my လှောင်အိမ် (enclosure) · sv bur (enclosure) · io kajo (enclosure) · or ପଞ୍ଜୁରି (enclosure) · is búr (enclosure) · pdt Klotje (enclosure) · orv клѣть (enclosure) · ms sangkar (enclosure) · it cabina (lift compartment) · ja ケージ (enclosure) · wa cadje (enclosure) · afb قُفَص (enclosure) · crh qafes (enclosure) · hu kalitka (enclosure) · my လော (enclosure) · co cappia (enclosure) · bg каби́на (lift compartment) · vo cek (enclosure) · sh кр̀летка (enclosure) · sh ка̀вез (enclosure) · oc gàbia (enclosure) · cmn 籠子 /笼子 (enclosure) · tt читлек (enclosure) · be кле́тка (enclosure) · be кабі́на (lift compartment) · ckb قەفەس (enclosure) · es cabina (lift compartment) · as সঁজা (enclosure) · gl capoeira (enclosure) · mn тор (enclosure) · kmr qefes (enclosure) · la cavea (enclosure) · et puur (enclosure) · az qəfəs (enclosure) · nl kooi (enclosure) · izh kletka (enclosure) · as পিঁজৰা (enclosure) · ja 篭 (enclosure) · nl liftkooi (lift compartment) · sl kletka (enclosure) · sk klietka (enclosure) · ru кле́тка (enclosure) · pa ਕਫ਼ਸ (enclosure) · lmy oka (enclosure) · mww pob tawb (enclosure) · af kou (enclosure) · da bur (enclosure) · kk қапас (enclosure) · uz qafas (enclosure) · hi क़फ़स (enclosure) · fr cage (lift compartment) · vi cái chuồng (enclosure) · la arca (enclosure) · hi पिंजड़ा (enclosure) · ba ситлек (enclosure) · fi häkki (enclosure) · ca gàbia (enclosure) · sdh قەفەس (enclosure) · rm chabgia (enclosure) · sh kàvez (enclosure) · pa ਪਿੰਜਰਾ (enclosure) · bg кафе́з (enclosure) · ka გალია (enclosure) · ne पिंजडा (enclosure) · sdh قەفەز (enclosure) · pt gaiola (enclosure) · hy վանդակ (enclosure) · ga cábán (lift compartment) · orv клѣтъка (enclosure) · wa tchaive (enclosure) · hi पिंजरा (enclosure) · lo ກົງ (enclosure) · an gabia (enclosure) · acw قفص (enclosure) · ky капас (enclosure) · vi cái lồng (enclosure) · eu kaiola (enclosure) · id kandang (enclosure) · gl gaiola (enclosure) · mww nkuaj (enclosure) · es gayola (enclosure) · cs klec (enclosure) · de Käfig (enclosure) · lv būris (enclosure) · ja 檻 (enclosure) · pap kouchi (enclosure) · pt jaula (enclosure) · ast xaula (enclosure) · wa gayole (enclosure) · gl pesugo (enclosure) · nl kooi (lift compartment)