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cage
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- pronunciation:
- keIj
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a boxlike enclosure having some sections covered by wire or bars and used to confine and often to display animals or birds.
- synonyms:
- pen, pound
- similar words:
- aviary, box, confinement, coop, corral, enclosure, lockup, prison
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| definition 2: |
any of several similar enclosures for people, such as a cashier's cage or an elevator car.
- synonyms:
- pen
- similar words:
- cell, crib, playpen, prison
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| definition 3: |
in baseball, a portable backstop used for batting practice.
- similar words:
- backstop
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| related words: |
hutch |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
cages, caging, caged |
| definition: |
to put into or keep in a cage or cagelike enclosure.
- synonyms:
- coop up, crib, mew up, pen
- similar words:
- box, confine, contain, enclose, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, restrain, restrict, shut up
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| related words: |
lock, shut, stall |
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