cage

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[edit] English

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A cage

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From Old French cage, from Latin cavea

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Singular
cage

Plural
cages

cage (plural cages)

  1. an enclosure made of bars
  2. the passenger compartment of a lift
  3. another name for the goal in water polo and hockey

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Infinitive
to cage

Third person singular
cages

Simple past
caged

Past participle
caged

Present participle
caging

to cage (third-person singular simple present cages, present participle caging, simple past and past participle caged)

  1. to put into a cage
  2. (advertising, politics) To track individual responses to direct mail.

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From Old French cage, from Latin cavea

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cage f. (plural cages)

  1. cage
    "La Cage aux Folles" -- The Bird Cage

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