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Meaning of cage

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cage

Pronunciation:/keɪdʒ/

noun

Definitions

  1. An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.

    Example: The most dangerous prisoners are locked away in a cage.

  2. The passenger compartment of a lift.

  3. (water polo) The goal.

  4. An automobile.

verb

Definitions

  1. To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.

  2. To restrict someone's movement or creativity.

  3. To track individual responses to direct mail, either to maintain and develop mailing lists or to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.