Definition of cage

• n. - A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
• n. - A place of confinement for malefactors
• n. - An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.
• n. - A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.
• n. - A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
• n. - The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
• n. - The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
• n. - The catcher's wire mask.
• v. i. - To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.
• n. - A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
• n. - A place of confinement for malefactors
• n. - An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.
• n. - A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.
• n. - A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
• n. - The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
• n. - The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
• n. - The catcher's wire mask.
• v. i. - To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.