cage

  • 31Cage — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cage (homonymie). Cage …

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  • 32cage — blo·cage; bos·cage; cage; cage·ful; cage·less; cage·ling; cage·man; en·cage; un·cage; bo·cage; soc·cage; …

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  • 33cage — [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… …

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  • 34cage — 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 …

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  • 35Cage — This very unusual and interesting name has three separate but related interpretations, deriving from the Old French and Middle English cage , cage. The first of these means one who made and/or sold small cages for animals or birds , from the Old… …

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  • 36cage — 01. We need to get a little [cage] for the cat to take it to the veterinarian in. 02. The orangutan somehow escaped from its [cage], and spent the afternoon in the trees surrounding the zoo. 03. I don t like to keep birds in a [cage]; it seems… …

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  • 37cage in — verb confine in a cage The animal was caged • Syn: ↑cage • Derivationally related forms: ↑cage (for: ↑cage) • Hypernyms: ↑confine, ↑ …

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  • 38cage — {{11}}cage (n.) early 13c., from O.Fr. cage cage, prison, retreat, hideout (12c.), from L. cavea hollow place, enclosure for animals, coop, hive, stall, dungeon, spectators seats in the theater (Cf. It. gabbia basket for fowls, coop; see CAVE (Cf …

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  • 39cage — n.f. Prison (arg.). Cage à poules, cage dans laquelle on enferme les détenus dans les commissariats. / Cage à poules, dans les jardins publics, construction en tubes métalliques où grimpent les enfants. / Cage à lapins, V. cabane. / But : Le goal …

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  • 40cage — [[t]ke͟ɪʤ[/t]] cages 1) N COUNT A cage is a structure of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept. → See also rib cage I hate to see birds in cages. 2) PHRASE: V and N inflect If someone rattles your cage, they do something which is… …

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