cage
To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cageTo confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
» This cage is made of wire.
Dieser Käfig ist aus Draht. — Wolf
Dieser Käfig ist aus Draht gemacht. — conker
Эта клетка сделана из проволоки. — al_ex_an_der
Ця клітка зроблена з дроту. — aandrusiak
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(transitive)To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
confine in a cage
(slang, transitive)To imprison.
The serial killer was caged for life.
(figuratively, transitive)To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
To immobilize an artificial horizon.
To prevent damage to its gimbal mountings during extreme aerobatic maneuvers, the navball should be caged before the start of a display sequence.
To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.
Examples
270 sentencesThis cage is made of wire.
Ця клітка зроблена з дроту. — aandrusiak
ruЭта клетка сделана из проволоки. — al_ex_an_der
deDieser Käfig ist aus Draht. — Wolf
Some animals will not breed when kept in cages.
Деякі тварини не розмножуються, коли їх тримають у клітках. — deniko
ruНекоторые животные при клеточном содержании не размножаются. — Karok
deEinige Tiere werden sich nicht fortpflanzen, wenn sie in Käfigen gehalten werden. — kayro
Tom opened the cage and let the monkey out.
Том відчинив клітку й випустив мавпу. — deniko
ruТом открыл клетку и выпустил обезьяну. — marafon
deTom öffnete den Käfig und ließ den Affen heraus. — mayabe
He opened the cages.
Він відкрив клітки. — deniko
ruОн открыл клетки. — sharptoothed
deEr öffnete die Käfige. — pne
The cage is empty.
Клітка пуста. — artemlyubchenko
ruКлетка пуста. — marafon
deDer Käfig ist leer. — maaster
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
From Middle English cage, from Old French cage, from Latin cavea. Doublet of cadge and cavFrom Middle English cage, from Old French cage, from Latin cavea. Doublet of cadge and cavea and related to jail.
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Forms
cages, caging, caged, cagedSynonyms
1 synonyms- confine in a cage:cage in
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- opened the cage
- the cage and
- the cage is
- in the cage
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.