Cage — may refer to:Fiction* Cage (film) , a 1989 film starring Lou Ferrigno * , an episode of Law Order: Special Victims Unit * John Cage (character), a fictional character in the television show Ally McBeal * Johnny Cage, a fictional character from… … Wikipedia
cage — [n] enclosure with bars coop, corral, crate, enclosure, fold, jail, mew, pen, pinfold, pound; concept 494 cage [v] hold in enclosure close in, confine, coop up, enclose, envelop, fence in, hem, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock… … New thesaurus
enclosure — [n1] area bounded by something asylum, aviary, bowl, building, cage, camp, cell, close, coliseum, coop, corral, court, courtyard, den, dungeon, garden, ghetto, hutch, jail, pale, park, patch, pen, place, plot, pound, precinct, prison, quad,… … New thesaurus
cage — [1] On a front derailleur of a bicycle, it is a pair of parallel plates that push the chain from side to side; on a rear derailleur, it is a set of plates in which pulleys are mounted to hold and guide the chain from cog to cog. [2] Any device… … Dictionary of automotive terms
cage — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin cavea cavity, cage, from cavus hollow more at cave Date: 13th century 1. a box or enclosure having some openwork for confining or carrying animals (as birds) 2. a. a barred cell for … New Collegiate Dictionary
cage — [[t]keɪdʒ[/t]] n. v. caged, cag•ing 1) a boxlike enclosure with wires, bars, or the like, for confining birds or animals 2) a prison 3) a cagelike enclosure for a cashier or bank teller 4) an elevator car 5) min a similar enclosure for raising… … From formal English to slang
cage — cageless, adj. cagelike, adj. /kayj/, n., v., caged, caging. n. 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… … Universalium
cage — /keɪdʒ / (say kayj) noun 1. a box shaped receptacle or enclosure for confining birds or other animals, made with openwork of wires, bars, etc. 2. anything that confines or imprisons; prison. 3. something like a cage in structure or purpose. 4.… …
cage — 1. An enclosure made partly or completely of open work and commonly used to house animals. 2. A structure resembling such an enclosure. [M.E., fr. O.Fr., fr. L. cavea, hollow, stall] thoracic c. [TA] the skeleton of the thorax consisting of the… … Medical dictionary
Cage (BDSM) — This page is about BDSM play; for other topics see Cage (disambiguation). In BDSM, a cage is an enclosure, usually made of metal bars, sometimes also of wood, used to confine a submissive. In dungeons, cages are standard equipment; however, cages … Wikipedia