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noun, verb, caged, cag⋅ing.| 1. | a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals. |
| 2. | anything that confines or imprisons; prison. |
| 3. | something resembling a cage in structure, as for a cashier or bank teller. |
| 4. | the car or enclosed platform of an elevator. |
| 5. | Mining. an enclosed platform for raising and lowering people and cars in a mine shaft. |
| 6. | any skeleton framework. |
| 7. | Baseball. a movable backstop for use mainly in batting practice. |
| 8. | a frame with a net attached to it, forming the goal in ice hockey and field hockey. |
| 9. | Basketball Older Use. the basket. |
| 10. | a loose, sheer or lacy overdress worn with a slip or a close-fitting dress. |
| 11. | Ordnance. a steel framework for supporting guns. |
| 12. | Machinery. retainer 1 (def. 3). |
| 13. | to put or confine in or as if in a cage. |
| 14. | Sports. to shoot (as a puck) into a cage so as to score a goal. |
| cage (kāj) n.
To put or confine in or as if in a cage. See Synonyms at enclose. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cavea.] |