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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cage \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cage \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cage n 1: made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept [syn: {coop}] 2: something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement 3: the goal in ice hockey 4: a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice [syn: {batting cage}] v : confine in a cage; "The animal was caged" [syn: {cage in}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: CAGE Early system on IBM 704. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Cage (Heb. kelub', Jer. 5:27, marg. "coop;" rendered basket" in Amos 8:1), a basket of wicker-work in which birds were placed after being caught. In Rev. 18:2 it is the rendering of the Greek _phulake_, properly a prison or place of confinement.
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