ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAGE
From Old French, from Latin cavea enclosure, from cavus hollow.
WHAT DOES CAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of cage in the English dictionary
The first definition of cage in the dictionary is an enclosure, usually made with bars or wire, for keeping birds, monkeys, mice, etc. Other definition of cage is a thing or place that confines or imprisons. Cage is also something resembling a cage in function or structure.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CAGE
PRESENT
Present
I cage
you cage
he/she/it cages
we cage
you cage
they cage
Present continuous
I am caging
you are caging
he/she/it is caging
we are caging
you are caging
they are caging
Present perfect
I have caged
you have caged
he/she/it has caged
we have caged
you have caged
they have caged
Present perfect continuous
I have been caging
you have been caging
he/she/it has been caging
we have been caging
you have been caging
they have been caging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I caged
you caged
he/she/it caged
we caged
you caged
they caged
Past continuous
I was caging
you were caging
he/she/it was caging
we were caging
you were caging
they were caging
Past perfect
I had caged
you had caged
he/she/it had caged
we had caged
you had caged
they had caged
Past perfect continuous
I had been caging
you had been caging
he/she/it had been caging
we had been caging
you had been caging
they had been caging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will cage
you will cage
he/she/it will cage
we will cage
you will cage
they will cage
Future continuous
I will be caging
you will be caging
he/she/it will be caging
we will be caging
you will be caging
they will be caging
Future perfect
I will have caged
you will have caged
he/she/it will have caged
we will have caged
you will have caged
they will have caged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been caging
you will have been caging
he/she/it will have been caging
we will have been caging
you will have been caging
they will have been caging
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would cage
you would cage
he/she/it would cage
we would cage
you would cage
they would cage
Conditional continuous
I would be caging
you would be caging
he/she/it would be caging
we would be caging
you would be caging
they would be caging
Conditional perfect
I would have cage
you would have cage
he/she/it would have cage
we would have cage
you would have cage
they would have cage
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been caging
you would have been caging
he/she/it would have been caging
we would have been caging
you would have been caging
they would have been caging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you cage
we let´s cage
you cage
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
caging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «CAGE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
cage.
You have to be a brat in order to carve out your parameters, and you have to be a monster to anyone who gets in your way. But sometimes it's difficult to know when that's necessary and when you're just being a baby, throwing your rattle from the cage.
To keep a person ignorant is to place them in a cage.
I got access to a private tour of the zoo. I got to go in a cage with a koala, which I highly recommend.
You can cage the singer but not the song.
Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy.
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.
When I was 7 and went to the zoo with my second-grade class, I saw chimpanzee eyes for the first time - the eyes of an unhappy animal, all alone, locked in a bare, concrete-floored, iron-barred cage in one of the nastier, old-fashioned zoos. I remember looking at the chimp, then looking away.
I barely leave my cage, my house.
If I could sum up 'Shadow's Claim' in six words: cage fights with hot alpha males. Seriously, though, while the fights are the backdrop for Trehan and Bettina's love story, the main emphasis is on how Trehan - a pitiless master assassin - wages the ultimate battle to win her heart.
I go to the Natural History Museum and look at the cage of stuffed starlings there. But my favourite thing is the big blue whale. The scale of it is unbelievable, and makes you feel how insignificant you are as a human being.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAGE»
Discover the use of
cage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Now Riva is alone. At Auschwitz, and later in the work camps at Mittlesteine and Grafenort, Riva vows to live, and to hope - for Mama, for her brothers, for the millions of other victims of the nightmare of the Holocaust.
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Silence: Lectures and Writings
The Saturday Review said of him: “Cage possesses one of the rarest qualities of the true creator- that of an original mind- and whether that originality pleases, irritates, amuses or outrages is irrelevant.” “He refuses to sermonize ...
3
The
Cage: The fight for Sri Lanka & the Last Days of the ...
Tens of thousands of civilians were killed when the government decimated the guerilla organisation, the Tamil Tigers. Gordon Weiss witnessed the conflict at first hand as a UN spokesman in Colombo.
"English edition of the Portuguese poetry collection"--Provided by publisher.
"We're like a new toy... or a new energy source, and they're just playing with us, experimenting.
6
The Golden
Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa
Featuring a new Foreword, this classic book on anorexia nervosa was published more than 20 years ago.
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Experimental Music:
Cage and Beyond
Composer Michael Nyman's classic 1974 account of the postwar experimental tradition in music.
8
John
Cage's Theatre Pieces
Here, William Fetterman examines the majority of those compositions by Cage which are audial as well as visual in content, beginning with his first work in this genre in 1952, and continuing through 1992.
Since the first edition of this book, 17 years ago, aquaculture has consolidated its position as an important means of producing food and as a contributor to global food security. Cage aquaculture too has continued to expand apace.
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The Music of John
Cage
The first book to examine fully the work of John Cage, leading figure of the post-war musical avant-garde.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAGE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
cage is used in the context of the following news items.
Pop Evil vs. Trapt - Cage Match
Pop Evil are on a hot streak! The band just finished off their second straight Cage Match victory with their latest single “Footsteps,” which earned ... «Loudwire, Jul 15»
General Mills working toward animal welfare goals including using …
General Mills is working toward using only cage-free eggs in its products, joining several other large food manufacturers and retailers. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
King of the Cage Presents “FUTURE LEGENDS 30”
On Saturday, August 15, 2015, King of the Cage returns to Eastside Cannery Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada for “FUTURE LEGENDS 30.”. «My MMA News.com, Jul 15»
W&J scholar swaps office for fighting cage
Gottschall, a distinguished fellow in the English department at Washington & Jefferson College, swapped his cubicle for a fighting cage when ... «Observer-Reporter, Jul 15»
Tiger Bites Off Two-Year-Old Boy's Arm After He Reaches Into Cage …
Wanting to attract the tiger's attention, the child reached his right hand inside the cage through a ventilation device. The white tiger then sunk its ... «Headlines & Global News, Jul 15»
Unseen footage of Nicolas Cage in costume for Superman Lives …
Fly angry ... Nicolas Cage would have played a 'psychologically traumatised' man of steel in Tim Burton's Superman Lives. Photograph: Jasin ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Jaws 2.0! Angry shark attacks cage full of people in this viral video
In a viral video which seems like a scene straight out of Jaws, a great white shark suddenly attacked the cage of some people who had gone ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
Roundup: Very Scary Shark Cage Video & Man Dies After Lighting …
Guess who's making a strong move to be the worst owner in the NBA? Hint: “Queens.” [Oklahoman]. Aaron Craft has joined the Charlotte ... «The Big Lead, Jul 15»
Cage Fight: Curfew on teenagers 'necessary and desirable'
Cage Fight: Curfew on teenagers 'necessary and desirable' ... Des Houghton and John McCarthy in our weekly Cage Fight debate from 6am. «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
Shrikant steals the show as Odisha's first cage fight tourney ends
Odisha's first professional cage fighter Shrikant stole the show as the ... in four professional fight leagues such as Goa's Cage Combat Fighting, ... «Odisha Sun Times, Jul 15»
