[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cage \cage\, n. f. cage, fr. l. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus
   hollow. cf. cave, n., cajole, gabion.
   1913 webster
   1. a box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood
      or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
      1913 webster

            in his cage, like parrot fine and gay. --cowper.
      1913 webster

   2. a place of confinement for malefactors --shak.
      1913 webster

            stone walls do not a prison make,
            nor iron bars a cage.                 --lovelace.
      1913 webster

   3. carp. an outer framework of timber, inclosing something
      within it; as, the cage of a staircase. --gwilt.
      1913 webster

   4. mach.
      a a skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece,
          as a ball valve.
      b a wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and
          pipes.
          1913 webster

   5. the box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or
      elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
      1913 webster

   6. mining the drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting
      whim.
      1913 webster

   7. baseball the catcher's wire mask.
      1913 webster
see also:
cave cajole gabion 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cage \cage\ k=aj, v. i. imp.  p. p. caged k=ajd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. caging.
   to confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.
   "caged and starved to death." --cowper.
   1913 webster
see also:
caged caging 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cage
     n 1: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or
          animals are kept syn: coop
     2: something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts
        movement
     3: united states composer of avant-garde music 1912-1992
        syn: john cage, john milton cage jr.
     4: the net that is the goal in ice hockey
     5: a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls
        during batting practice syn: batting cage
     v : confine in a cage; "the animal was caged" syn: cage in
see also:
coop john cage john milton cage jr. batting cage cage in 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

94 moby thesaurus words for "cage":
   beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box in,
   box up, chamber, check, cloister, close in, compass, confine,
   constrain, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off,
   cork up, corral, crate, crib, detain, drive, drove, encage,
   encircle, enclose, enclosure, encompass, enshrine, fence in, goad,
   hedge in, hell, hem in, herd, hold, hold in custody,
   hold in restraint, house in, hutch, immure, impound, imprison, in,
   incarcerate, include, inhibit, jail, keep in, keep in custody,
   keep in detention, kennel, lash, leaguer, limbo, mew, mew up, pen,
   pen in, pen up, penfold, pinfold, place of confinement, pocket,
   pound, prick, punch cattle, purgatory, quarantine, rail in,
   restrain, restrict, ride herd on, round up, seal up, shackle,
   shepherd, shrine, shut in, shut up, spur, stable, surround,
   wall in, whip, wrangle, wrap, yard, yard up

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

cage
     
        early system on ibm 704.  listed in cacm 25:16 may 1959.
     
     

[6] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

cage
   heb. kelub', jer. 5:27, marg. "coop;" rendered "basket" in amos
   8:1, a basket of wicker-work in which birds were placed after
   being caught. in rev. 18:2 it is the rendering of the greek
   _phulake_, properly a prison or place of confinement.
   

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