caged

1. 1
   adjective

   Kept inside a cage.

   The caged bird sang all morning by the window.

   The shelter plays soft music to keep the caged dogs calm.

   Similarcaptive, confined, penned

   Oppositefree, wild

2. 2
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of cage. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.

   The workers caged the injured fox until the vet arrived.

   The parrot has been caged since it escaped last spring.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Of eggs, coming from birds that are kept in cages.

   The store sells both caged and free-range eggs.

   Caged eggs usually cost less at the market.

   Oppositefree-range

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4. 4
   adjective

   Looking or built like a cage.

   The cart has caged sides, so boxes cannot fall out.

   The old elevator had a caged door that you pulled across.

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5. 5
   adjectiveslangderogatory

   Locked up in jail or prison.

   His cousin is caged again after another fight.

   Nobody wants to end up caged for something that stupid.

   Oppositefree

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