Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
cage
IPA transcription: [k'eɪdʒ]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
cage, coop
Meaning:
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
Synonyms:
cage
Meaning:
something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
cage, cage_in
Meaning:
confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"
Usage examples
Cage never touched you!
I knew your master when he was not as high as that cage.
"This one is ugly and dangerous, or they wouldn't cage him up.
They had two carpet bags and a box and a poll parrot in a cage.
I became aware of a disagreeable odor, like that of a monkey's cage ill-cleaned.
There, there," she said, nodding persuasively at the cage, "you pretty creature you!
The poor brute seemed horribly scared, and crouched in the bottom of its little cage.
Isabel rose from her chair, like a bird released from its cage, and stood by his side.
There it was stopped, and floated steadily, while a little cage was let down on a wire.
At this Phronsie turned and wiped away two big tears, while she gazed up at the cage in extreme commiseration.