cage

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
2. The passenger compartment of a lift.
3. The goal.
4. (slang) An automobile.
5. Something that hinders freedom.
6. (slang) A prison or prison cell.
7. The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
8. An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
9. A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
10. A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
11. The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
12. The catcher's wire mask.
13. A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
14. In 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.

Verb

1. To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
2. (slang) To imprison.
3. To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
4. To immobilize an artificial horizon.
5. 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.

Concepts

cage

cabine

prison

mettre en cage

batterie

🔋

bergerie

cellule de prison

encager

poulailler

cellule

panier

🧺

porcherie

Synonymes

coop

pen

🖊️

jail

bastille

pogie

limbo

pogey

bastile

bagnio

pogy

prison

cabin

basket

🧺

confine

imprison

nest

retainer

gaol

coop up

cage in

batting cage

cover

pound

💷

cashiering department

arrest

enclosure

case

box

📦

stable

grating

hamper

henhouse

holder

hole

🕳️

hood

hutch

immure

incarcerate

inclosure

intern

jar

🫙

lag

lid

mantel

muffle

muzzle

pants

stop

🛑

pound up

rack

remand

retain

retard

separator

shell

🐚

shield

🛡️

shut up

stagnate

stall

sty

trap

🪤

trunk

window

🪟

wrap

commit to prison

large basket

pen in

jail cell

gaol cell

deboost

exclosure

brake application

rod basket

cage conductor

protecting case

shielding can

pigpen

abut

aviary

bars

bird cage

brake

braking

caddy

cap

captivate

capture

carton

casket

catch

chest

coffer

collection

corf

corral

crate

crib

decelerate

doghouse

encage

encircle

frame

gate

gateway

grate

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/keɪd͡ʒ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English cage, from Old French cage, from Latin cavea. Doublet of cadge and cavea and related to jail.