What (who) is cage - definition
Cage
![[[Gibbet]] at [[Forte di San Leo]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cage.jpg?width=200 "[[Gibbet]] at [[Forte di San Leo]]")
![[[Zoo]] cage](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Glass cage smutzer ragunan.jpg?width=200 "[[Zoo]] cage")
![[[Aviary]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1904 Flight Cage.JPG?width=200 "[[Aviary]]")
![Decorative [[aviary]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fajardo El Conquistador birdcage.jpg?width=200 "Decorative [[aviary]]")
![[[Battery cage]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BustanHagalilBattery.JPG?width=200 "[[Battery cage]]")
![[[Hamster]] or [[mouse]] cage](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaula Roedores Ferplast.jpg?width=200 "[[Hamster]] or [[mouse]] cage")
![[[Rat]] cage](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rat cage 01.jpg?width=200 "[[Rat]] cage")
![[[Rabbit]] cage](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hasenstall039.JPG?width=200 "[[Rabbit]] cage")
![butterfly park]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caged marmoset.jpg?width=200 "butterfly park]]")
![trapper]] (late 19th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ptáčník.JPG?width=200 "trapper]] (late 19th century)")
![[[Birdcage]] (18th / 19th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vogelkäfig 18-19 Jh.jpg?width=200 "[[Birdcage]] (18th / 19th century)")
![Cage protecting a [[baptismal font]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Redon - Double baptismal font - 20090704.jpg?width=200 "Cage protecting a [[baptismal font]]")
![[[Shark]]s around a [[shark cage]] being used for [[shark tourism]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sharks outside cage.jpg?width=200 "[[Shark]]s around a [[shark cage]] being used for [[shark tourism]]")
![[[Faraday cage]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cage de Faraday.jpg?width=200 "[[Faraday cage]]")
![[[Go-go dancing]] cage](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Funky Tucks Cage Dancer.jpg?width=200 "[[Go-go dancing]] cage")
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ENCLOSURE USED TO CONFINE, CONTAIN OR PROTECT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE
CAGE; Cage (enclosure); Tiger's cage; Animal cage
A cage is an enclosure often made of mesh, bars, or wires, used to confine, contain or protect something or someone. A cage can serve many purposes, including keeping an animal or person in captivity, capturing an animal or person, and displaying an animal at a zoo.
CAGE
ENCLOSURE USED TO CONFINE, CONTAIN OR PROTECT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE
CAGE; Cage (enclosure); Tiger's cage; Animal cage
Early system on IBM 704. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
cage
ENCLOSURE USED TO CONFINE, CONTAIN OR PROTECT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE
CAGE; Cage (enclosure); Tiger's cage; Animal cage
(cages)
1.
A cage is a structure of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
I hate to see birds in cages.
N-COUNT
see also rib cage
2.
If someone rattles your cage, they do something which is intended to make you feel nervous.
If he's trying to rattle your cage, it's working.
PHRASE: V and N inflect
Pronunciation examples for cage
1. Cage,
The Composer Is Dead _ Lemony Snicket & Nathaniel Stookey _ Talks at Google
2. shark cage.
Open Water Swimming Manual _ Lynne Cox _ Talks at Google
3. cage smelling.
The 24-Hour Wine Expert _ Jancis Robinson _ Talks at Google
4. Luke Cage.
Carhartt - Building a Legacy _ Tony Ambroza _ Talks at Google
5. Cage-free.
Kenji Lopez-Alt _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of cage
1. The farm has an ostrich breeding cage, young ostrich cage, hatchery and other buildings.
2. "Those who did not fit in the cage used to be allowed to stand outside the cage," Bandar replied.
3. "Those who did not fit in the cage used to be allowed to stand outside the cage," al–Bandar replied.
4. Although the "crystal cage" works on the same principal, it offers a much more naturalistic, less intrusive interaction with the great white, not least because the "cage" is not actually a cage at all.
5. Sousa‘s family and the two other victims have sued the city. (This version CORRECTS that tiger reached outside cage, instead of employee reaching into cage.)