Definition for Cage:

• [ Fr. cage.] ( Meek.) A piece put over a valve, which, while giving the valve freedom of motion, prevents it from being displaced.

Synonyms for Cage:

• n.

  •John Cage (noun)
  • John Cage.
  •
  • goldfish bowl,
  • loft,
  • beehive,
  • fishbowl,
  • aquarium.
  •artifact (noun)
  • cage.
  •batting cage (noun)
  • batting cage.
  •cadaver (noun)
  • de-ceased,
  • re-mains,
  • de ceased,
  • re main,
  • re mains,
  • re-main.
  •cage (noun)
  • cage in,
  • John Milton Cage Jr..
  •cell (noun)
  • ante-chamber,
  • re-treats,
  • ante chambers,
  • re cess,
  • ante-chambers,
  • re-treat,
  • re cesses,
  • re-cess,
  • re treat,
  • re treats.
  •co-op (noun)
  • mew.
  •coop (noun)
  • lock ups,
  • lock-ups.
  •dead body (noun)
  • cadaver.
  •enclosure (noun)
  • confinement,
  • barrier,
  • trap,
  • envelopment.
  •enclosure with bars (noun)
  • pinfold,
  • pound.
  •frame (noun)
  • out lines,
  • out line,
  • out-lines,
  • out-line.
  •framework (noun)
  • frame reference.
  •prison (noun)
  • reform school,
  • keep,
  • jug,
  • San Quentin,
  • straight jacket,
  • vise,
  • collar,
  • bridle,
  • gaol,
  • shackle,
  • cooler,
  • manacle,
  • tether,
  • penal colony,
  • harness,
  • prison,
  • irons,
  • pinion,
  • Alcatraz,
  • dungeon,
  • reformatory,
  • stronghold,
  • brig,
  • handcuff,
  • pillory,
  • oubliette.
  •skeleton (noun)
  • de sign,
  • osteologies,
  • bony structures,
  • de signs,
  • de-sign,
  • de-signs.
  •structure (noun)
  • erection,
  • erections,
  • pile of bricks,
  • rockpile.

• v.

  •confine (verb)
  • de limited,
  • re-strains,
  • re strained,
  • in terns,
  • de tains,
  • de-limits,
  • de-limited,
  • re presses,
  • putting a lid on,
  • in tern,
  • putting lid on,
  • re pressed,
  • cools down,
  • re pressing,
  • putting on ice,
  • de-tain,
  • re-press,
  • re-pressing,
  • de-limit,
  • re strains,
  • re press,
  • in-terns,
  • puts lid on,
  • re strain,
  • re straining,
  • in-tern,
  • puts ice,
  • putting ice,
  • puts a lid on,
  • de limit,
  • de limiting,
  • sending up,
  • de tain,
  • re-strict,
  • re-strain,
  • re-strained,
  • puts on ice,
  • de limits,
  • re strict,
  • de-tains,
  • re-straining,
  • hog tie,
  • put ice,
  • de-limiting,
  • re-presses.
  •coop (verb)
  • closes in,
  • fencing in,
  • put under lock key,
  • held prisoner,
  • putting under lock and key,
  • puts under lock key,
  • holds captive,
  • puts under lock and key,
  • co oping,
  • putting under lock key,
  • holding captive,
  • shutting in,
  • fences in,
  • co oped,
  • co-oped,
  • holding prisoner,
  • co-oping,
  • shuts in,
  • held captive,
  • holds prisoner.
  •corral (verb)
  • cooping up,
  • coops up.
  •enclose (verb)
  • encircle,
  • hold,
  • contain,
  • encompass,
  • surround,
  • embrace,
  • cover,
  • corral.
  •envelop (verb)
  • in-vests,
  • over spreads,
  • over-lay,
  • over lays,
  • over-spreads,
  • in-vesting,
  • over laying,
  • super imposed,
  • super impose,
  • over-laying,
  • super-imposing,
  • over-lays,
  • over-spread,
  • sur rounded,
  • in-vest,
  • over lay,
  • super-impose,
  • sur-rounded,
  • super-imposes,
  • sur rounding,
  • in vest,
  • super imposes,
  • over spreading,
  • over-laid,
  • over laid,
  • in vests,
  • over-spreading,
  • in-vested,
  • in vested,
  • super imposing,
  • sur-rounding.
  •fence (verb)
  • de-fend,
  • de-fending,
  • de fend,
  • de-fended,
  • de-fends,
  • de fends,
  • de fending,
  • de fended.
  •hem/hem in (verb)
  • de fining,
  • be girded,
  • be-setting,
  • be-girt,
  • be-sets,
  • de fine,
  • be girt,
  • de-fine,
  • be setting,
  • hedging in,
  • de-fined,
  • be gird,
  • de fined,
  • de fines,
  • be girds,
  • be-set,
  • hedges in,
  • be-girded,
  • de-fining,
  • be sets,
  • be-girding,
  • be girding,
  • de-fines,
  • be-gird,
  • be-girds.
  •hold in enclosure (verb)
  • restrain,
  • shut up,
  • hem.
  •shut (verb)
  • battened down,
  • dropping curtain,
  • folding up,
  • drops curtain,
  • putting to,
  • puts to,
  • dropt the curtain,
  • folds up,
  • battens down,
  • walled off,
  • drops the curtain,
  • walls off,
  • dropped the curtain,
  • battening down,
  • closes down,
  • dropt curtain,
  • dropped curtain,
  • walling off,
  • dropping the curtain,
  • folded up.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pigeonhole,
  • hutch,
  • immure,
  • rabbit hutch,
  • apiary,
  • vivarium,
  • dovecote.
  •
  • trailer,
  • oceanarium,
  • tank.
  •
  • fold.
  •close
  • shut.
  •enclose
  • encase,
  • wall in,
  • blockaded,
  • locked in,
  • encasing,
  • enclosed,
  • locking in,
  • lock in,
  • fence off,
  • box up,
  • enshrouded,
  • sets apart,
  • encases,
  • Mures,
  • setting apart,
  • set apart,
  • environ,
  • blockading,
  • fenced off,
  • hedge,
  • Mure,
  • block off.
  •hedge
  • sieges,
  • siege,
  • sieging,
  • sieged.

Paraphrases for Cage:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    enclosure.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    birdcage.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    kennel, bearing, goalkeeper.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    crate, basket.

Antonyms for Cage:

• v.

  • hold in enclosure
    liberate, release, let go, let out, free.

Cage Sentence Examples:

• You mind when you talked to Otto in the cage, comin' down?

• " Why, the cage he was in," said the Brahmin.

Homophones for Cage:

• Kage.

Hypernym for Cage:

• n.

  • artifact
    hutch, squirrel cage, birdcage.
  • state
    iron cage.

Hyponym for Cage:

• n.

  • artifact
    enclosure, net.
  • state
    constraint, restraint.

• v.

  • social
    confine, detain.