cage

  • 41cage — 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… …

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  • 42cage — cage1 [keıdʒ] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Latin cavea hollow place, cage , from cavus; CAVE1] a structure made of wires or bars in which birds or animals can be kept cage 2 cage2 v [T] to put or keep an animal or bird in a cage ▪… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 43cage —    La nature de la femme, dans laquelle se trémousse si agréablement le petit oiseau à longue queue que les savants appellent penis et les ignorants, pine .         Des autres perroquets il diffère pourtant,    Car eux fuient la cage, et lui, il… …

    Dictionnaire Érotique moderne

  • 44cage — /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.… …

  • 45cage — n. & v. n. 1 a structure of bars or wires, esp. for confining animals or birds. 2 any similar open framework, esp. an enclosed platform or lift in a mine or the compartment for passengers in a lift. 3 colloq. a camp for prisoners of war. v.tr.… …

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  • 46Cage — n. & v. n. 1 a structure of bars or wires, esp. for confining animals or birds. 2 any similar open framework, esp. an enclosed platform or lift in a mine or the compartment for passengers in a lift. 3 colloq. a camp for prisoners of war. v.tr.… …

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  • 47cage — n. a bank teller s (AE) cage * * * [keɪdʒ] a bank teller s (AE) cage …

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  • 48cage — [13] English acquired cage via Old French cage from Latin cavea, which meant ‘enclosure for animals, such as a coop, hive, or stall’, and also ‘dungeon’. This is usually referred to Latin cavus ‘hollow’, from which English gets cave and cavern,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 49cage — keɪdÊ’ n. barred enclosure; prison; elevator v. enclose in a cage; place in a cage …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 50cage */ — UK [keɪdʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms cage : singular cage plural cages a container made of wire or metal bars and used for keeping birds or animals in • See: rattle I …

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