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Cage
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
cages
Examples
The parrot happily chirped inside its spacious cage, enjoying the view from the window.
02
anything that confines, restrains, or limits freedom
Examples
The rigid rules felt like a cage to the employees.
03
the net that serves as the goal in ice hockey
Examples
He shot the puck into the cage to score.
04
a protective screen placed behind home plate to catch balls during batting practice
Examples
The coach positioned the cage behind the batter.
to cage
01
to confine something, typically an animal, within a restricted space
Transitive: to cage an animal
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
cage
3rd person singular
cages
Present participle
caging
Past simple
caged
Past participle
caged
Examples
The zookeepers caged the newly arrived lion in a secure enclosure.
Lexical Tree
cagey
cage
