n. | 1. | |
1. | A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. | |
2. | A place of confinement for malefactors | |
3. | (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; | |
4. | (Mach.) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve. | |
5. | The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft. | |
6. | (Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim. | |
7. | (Baseball) The catcher's wire mask. | |
v. i. | 1. | To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: coop |
2. | cage - something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement | |
3. | Cage - United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992) Synonyms: John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr. | |
4. | cage - the net that is the goal in ice hockey | |
5. | cage - a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice Synonyms: batting cage | |
Verb | 1. | cage - confine in a cage; "The animal was caged" Synonyms: cage in |
CAGE - Early system on IBM 704. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). |