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All cage synonyms

cage
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verb cage

  • incarcerate — to imprison; confine.
  • hem — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
  • mew — a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
  • immure — to enclose within walls.
  • pen — a female swan.
  • jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
  • imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
  • confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
  • impound — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
  • shut up — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
  • close in — If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
  • fence in — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
  • lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • shut in — closed; fastened up: a shut door.
  • lock in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • hem in — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.

noun cage

  • birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
  • crate — A crate is a large box used for transporting or storing things.
  • coop — A coop is a cage where you keep small animals or birds such as chickens and rabbits.
  • gaol — to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.
  • corral — In North America, a corral is a space surrounded by a fence where cattle or horses are kept.
  • fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
  • pinfold — a pound for stray animals.
  • pound — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
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