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1.NounAn enclosure made of spaced bars, normally to hold animals while providing some ventilation."We keep a bird in a cage.; The tigers are in a cage to protect the public.; The most dangerous prisoners are locked away in a cage."
2.NounThe passenger compartment of a lift.
3.NounThe goal.
4.NounShort for roll cage, a protective structure around the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
5.NounSynonym of automobile.
6.NounSomething that hinders freedom.
7.NounA prison or prison cell.
8.NounThe area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
9.NounAn outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
10.NounA skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
11.NounA wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
12.NounThe drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
13.NounThe protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
14.NounA regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
15.NounIn killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
16.VerbTo confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
17.VerbTo imprison."The serial killer was caged for life."
18.VerbTo restrict someone's movement or creativity.
19.VerbTo 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."
20.VerbTo track individual responses to direct mail, either to maintain and develop mailing lists or to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.