cage
/keɪd͡ʒ/noun, verb1 syllable
Cage means: United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992).
Synonyms for cage5
noun, as in United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
noun, as in an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
noun, as in a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
verb, as in confine in a cage
What does cage mean?6
noun
United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
the net that is the goal in ice hockey
verb
confine in a cage“The animal was caged”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with cage?12
Cage in a sentence
- There's a bird singing in the cage, isn't there?CK
- To the bird, a simple branch is preferable to a golden cage.tinowls
- Fancies are like shadows . . . you can't cage them, they're such wayward, dancing things.Hybrid
- After opening its cage, my parakeet flew away.Missy_Hissy
- Someone left the lion's cage door are open, and the lion escaped.CK
- When we checked this morning, the cage was empty.CK
- Would a toaster, that's unable to move, mind being locked in a cage?DJ_Saidez
- There are birds singing in the cage, aren't there?CK
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of cage
as a noun
- plural
- cages
as a verb
- past tense
- caged
- present participle
- caging
- third-person singular
- cages
- past participle
- caged