cage
/keɪd͡ʒ/ noun B1- An enclosure made of spaced bars, normally to hold animals while providing some ventilation. · We keep a bird in a cage.· The tigers are in a cage to protect the public.
- The passenger compartment of a lift.
- The goal.
- Synonym of automobile.
- Something that hinders freedom.
- A prison or prison cell.
- The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
- An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
Plural cages
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“There is no one in the jungle that knows that I, Bagheera, carry that mark--the mark of the collar; and yet, Little Brother, I was born among men, and it was among men that my mother died--in the cages of the king’s palace at Oodeypore.
“If Teddy doesn’t pick him up by the tail, or try to put him in a cage, he’ll run in and out of the house all day long.
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.
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