Cage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cage	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Cage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cage n an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept Synonym(s): cage, coop something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992) Synonym(s): Cage, John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr. the net that is the goal in ice hockey a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice Synonym(s): batting cage, cage v confine in a cage; "The animal was caged" [syn: cage, cage in]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cage \Cage\, n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. {Cave}, n., {Cajole}, {Gabion}.] 1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cage \Cage\ (k[amac]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caged} (k[amac]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Caging}.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. [bd]Caged and starved to death.[b8] --Cowper.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CAGE Early system on IBM 704. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Cage (Heb. kelub', Jer. 5:27, marg. "coop;" rendered "basket" in Amos 8:1), a basket of wicker-work in which birds were placed after being caught. In Rev. 18:2 it is the rendering of the Greek _phulake_, properly a prison or place of confinement.