# caged

Pronunciation: say "KAYJD" /keɪd͡ʒd/

## Adjective

1. Shut up and kept inside a cage.
   - Simple: Kept inside a cage.
   - _He paced the hallway like a caged animal._
   - _Caged parrots often pull out their own feathers when they are bored._
3. Of eggs, laid by birds kept in cages rather than by free-range birds.
   - Simple: Of eggs, coming from birds that are kept in cages.
   - _The bakery switched from caged eggs to free-range ones after customers complained._
   - _Several supermarket chains have promised to stop selling caged eggs._
4. Made or shaped like a cage.
   - Simple: Looking or built like a cage.
   - _Warehouse staff load parcels into caged carts that roll straight onto the train._
   - _The workshop lamp hangs in a caged fitting that protects the bulb._
5. Held in jail or prison. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Locked up in jail or prison.
   - _Half the crew got caged after the raid, and the rest went quiet._
   - _Guys like that belong caged, the caller shouted into the radio._

## Verb

2. Past tense and past participle of cage. — simple past and past participle of cage
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of cage. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _Strict deadlines caged her creativity during her first years at the firm._
   - _The keepers caged the tigers for the night before the storm hit._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/caged (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).