Cage word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "cage" word

[noun] a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
[noun] an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept
[noun] the net that is the goal in ice hockey
[noun] United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
[noun] something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
[verb] confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"

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\Cage\, n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. {Cave}, n., {Cajole}, {Gabion}.] 1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. --Cowper. 2. A place of confinement for malefactors --Shak. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. --Lovelace. 3. (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase. --Gwilt. 4. (Mach.)
(a) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.
(b) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes. 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.
\Cage\ (k[=a]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caged} (k[=a]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Caging}.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. ``Caged and starved to death.'' --Cowper.

Synonyms for cage

batting cage, cage in, coop, John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr.

Related terms: beleaguer, beset, chamber, check, constrain, drove, encage, encircle, enshrine, fence in, goad, house in, imprison, jail, kennel, lash, leaguer, pound, prick, quarantine, rail in, stable

The fun area, different aproach to word »cage«

Let's analyse "cage" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EGAC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1135 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.-. .- --. .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: cage: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: cage: 3 + 1 + 7 + 5 = 16, reduced: 7, and the final result is Seven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
G (1)	7	Chariot	Strong, Sturdy, Decisive

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