a box or enclosure of open construction, usu with bars or netting, for confining or carrying animals

something resembling a cage in form or purpose, esp the moving enclosed platform of a lift

a framework serving as a support

the steel cage of a skyscraper

a barred cell or fenced area for confining prisoners

to put or keep (e.g. an animal) in a cage

to confine (somebody) as if in a cage