Found 3 items, similar to cage.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: cage kurungan, mengurung, sangkar
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cage 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] cage v : confine in a cage; “The animal was caged” [syn: cage in]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cage 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] Cage \Cage\ (k[=a]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caged (k[=a]jd); 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]