Meanings
caged1
adjectivecaged (not comparable)
- not comparableConfined in a cage.
- not comparableProduced by birds confined in cages; not free-range.
Two thirds of the class decided that free-range eggs had more taste and flavour than caged eggs and one third liked the taste of caged eggs more than free range.
2017, Kathy Smith, John Loughran, Quality Learning: Teachers Changing Their Practice, page 45 - not comparableResembling a cage.
It is lighter to handle and more manoeuvrable, and its three caged sides with web straps on the fourth prevent movement of the contents.
1964 May, “News and Comment: WR's new parcel traffic method”, in Modern Railways, page 300 - derogatorynot comparableslangJailed, imprisoned, incarcerated.
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of cage
CAGED2
nounCAGED (uncountable)
- uncountableentertainmentThe barre chords C, A, G, E, and D.
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