cagenoun [ C ]
uk/keɪdʒ/us/keɪdʒ/B1 a space surrounded on all sides by bars or wire, in which animals or birds are kept
Examples
- A lion has escaped from its cage.
- Using a bunch of bananas, the zoo-keeper persuaded the monkey back into its cage.
- The gorilla rattled the bars of its cage.
- Bored out of its mind, the monkey stares out of the cage with unseeing eyes.
- The monkeys bunched together in their cage.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal Dwellings - man-made
- apiary
- aquarium
- aviary
- birdcage
- birdhouse
- coop
- dovecote
- fish tank
- fishbowl
- fold
- goldfish bowl
- hatchery
- hive
- pigeon loft
- pigpen
- pigsty
- sanctuary
- stabling
- stall
- stockyard
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cageverb [ T usually passive ]
uk/keɪdʒ/us/keɪdʒ/to put or keep birds or animals in a cage:
caged birds/animals
Sam's been prowling about like a caged animal all morning.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bay idiom
- bag
- captor
- capture
- catch
- collar
- corner
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab
- grasp at sth
- seize
- sequester
- snag
- snatch
- snatch at sth
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