cage
/keɪd͡ʒ/ verb C2- To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
- To imprison. · The serial killer was caged for life.
- To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
- To immobilize an artificial horizon.
- To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
He/she/it cages · Past caged · Past participle caged · -ing form caging
Verb forms
- Base form
- cage
- He/she/it
- cages
- Past
- caged
- Past participle
- caged
- -ing form
- caging
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A FOX saw a Lion confined in a cage, and standing near him, bitterly reviled him.
A DOVE shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number of young ones which she had hatched.
But when the Lion was released from his cage, he recognized the Shepherd as the man who healed him, and instead of attacking him, approached and placed his foot upon his lap.
The day passed thus; he scarcely tasted food, but walked round and round the cell like a wild beast in its cage.
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