cage

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /keɪdʒ/

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Noun

Singular cage

Plural cages

A bird cage.

1. (countable) A cage is a structure made with wire or bars, to hold an animal.

   The bird lived in a large wire cage near the window.

2. (countable) A cage is a something that holds things in, to protect or to keep imprisoned.

   Your heart is inside your rib cage.

Verb

Plain form cage

Third-person singular cages

Past tense caged

Past participle caged

Present participle caging

1. Cage is to place something in a wire or barred structure so that they can not get out.

   We had to cage the lion to keep it from escaping.

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