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Cage Definition

cage

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English

Wikipedia has articles on: Cage A cage

Etymology

From Old French cage, from Latin cavea

Pronunciation

Noun

cage (plural cages)

  1. an enclosure made of bars
  2. the passenger compartment of a lift
  3. another name for the goal in water polo and hockey
  4. (US derogatory slang) automobile

Derived terms

Verb

cage (third-person singular simple present cages, present participle caging, simple past and past participle caged)

  1. to put into a cage
  2. (advertising, politics) To track individual responses to direct mail.

Derived terms

Translations

to put into a cage
  • Dutch: opsluiten in een kooi (nl), kooien (nl)

French

Etymology

From Old French cage, from Latin cavea

Pronunciation

Noun

cage f. (plural cages)

  1. cage
    "La Cage aux Folles" -- The Bird Cage
  2. (soccer, colloquial) area, penalty area

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