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{
"cage":{
"antonyms":[
"box (in)",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
"definitions":{
": a barred cell for confining prisoners":[],
": a box or enclosure having some openwork for confining or carrying animals (such as birds)":[],
": a fenced area for prisoners of war":[],
": a framework serving as support":[
"the steel cage of a skyscraper"
],
": a goal consisting of posts or a frame with a net attached (as in ice hockey)":[],
": a large building containing an area for practicing outdoor sports and often adapted for indoor events":[],
": an arrangement of atoms or molecules so bonded as to enclose a space in which another atom or ion (as of a metal) can reside":[],
": an enclosure resembling a cage in form or purpose":[
"a cashier's cage"
],
": batting cage":[],
": to confine or keep in or as if in a cage":[],
": to drive (a puck, a shot, etc.) into a cage and score a goal":[],
"John Milton 1912\u20131992 American composer":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the dogs and cats at the animal shelter looked so sad in their cages",
"Verb",
"caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ian Happ, who homered in the win, joked about Robertson needing to get in the cage to work on his swing. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"The position players were busy getting treatment or hitting in the cage . \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The key is to stay disciplined by prioritizing smart training and recovery principles as much as the big moments in the cage . \u2014 Bobby Maximus, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
"The two collided with each other in the cage as soon as their bout started. \u2014 Roman Stubbs, Anchorage Daily News , 8 June 2022",
"Smith was in the cage with Robinson and Short starting in about the third inning on Saturday, going through drills with medicine balls and other activities and exercises. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 25 May 2022",
"Bryant spent about 15 minutes before Friday\u2019s game against Kansas City doing some running and throwing in the outfield before taking swings in the cage for the first time since April, the Associated Press reported. \u2014 Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Edwards was following what was the protocol at the time \u2014 locking himself in the cage while delivering the coyote\u2019s food and trying never to turn his back on the animal \u2014 when he was set upon. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"But, after the fifth season had Franklin trapped in a cage with a hungry tiger and killers rolling around in the grass like murderous hippies after unsuspectingly ingesting LSD, the sixth and final season could take us anywhere. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This being the nation\u2019s capital, a multiagency task force of more than half a dozen agencies has assembled a dragnet across city, state and federal lands to cage the wily bird. \u2014 James V. Grimaldi, WSJ , 1 May 2022",
"During an era that experienced record rates of inequality and modernization, Black Americans of the upper class carved a place for themselves in a world that worked to cage them in and paint them as inferior. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Mar. 2022",
"From an unbelievable drone show to cage riders, the contestants left the judges speechless at times. \u2014 Chloe Melas, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Adetiba says the successful outing taught her not to cage her audience. \u2014 Anita Patrick, CNN , 16 Aug. 2021",
"Securities regulators are trying to cage Elon Musk\u2019s tweets. \u2014 Francesca Fontana, WSJ , 4 June 2021",
"In July, climbers cage the cones of those trees to foil the Clark\u2019s nutcracker. \u2014 Jim Morrison, Wired , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Trump\u2019s instinctive unilateralism, his belief that international institutions cage the U.S. rather than project its power, forced other nations to change their calculations about dealing with Washington. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 29 Oct. 2020",
"Mary Lynn Parker of Tiger Haven told Knox News her shelter has been helping with the search and that a trap has been set in an attempt to cage the feline. \u2014 Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner , 10 Sep. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin cavea \"enclosure for poultry, cage, auditorium of a theater,\" of uncertain origin":"Noun",
"derivative of cage entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0101j"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"coop",
"corral",
"hutch",
"pen",
"pound"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010903",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cage mast":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": basket mast":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184644",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cage tender":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": cager sense 1a":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175127",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cageman":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a basketball player":[],
": cager sense 1a":[],
": hoistman":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0101jm\u0259n",
"-\u02ccaa(\u0259)n",
"-\u02ccman"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114557",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cager":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a basketball player":[],
": a mechanical apparatus for pushing cars on or off a cage":[],
": a worker who loads and unloads cages and gives hoisting signals":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"cage entry 1 + -er":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0101j\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225937",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cagework":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": openwork":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1625, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064811",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cagey":{
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
],
"definitions":{
": hesitant about committing oneself":[
"officials are cagey about giving out details"
],
": marked by cleverness":[
"a cagey reply"
],
": wary of being trapped or deceived : shrewd":[
"a cagey consumer"
]
},
"examples":[
"a cagey old politician who is exceptionally skilled at getting federal money for his district",
"when it came time to sign the contract, he suddenly got cagey about taking on the job",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"DeSantis has been extremely cagey when asked direct questions about his vaccination status. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The broader point here is that McCarthy has been VERY cagey about that January 6 phone call -- and there continues to be questions about whether Trump and McCarthy have spoken about the call since January 6. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 18 May 2021",
"Biden and Clyburn have been longtime friends, but Clyburn stayed cagey in the days leading up to his endorsement announcement. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2020",
"The Schuyler sisters provide the most beautiful voices in the production, with Krystal Joy Brown offering a poignant Eliza, and Mandy Gonzalez a smart and cagey Angelica. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Cote and Mark were pretty cagey when asked if Michael will be back. \u2014 Megan Stein, Country Living , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Quarterback Drew Lock looked like a cagey veteran and not a first-time NFL road starter, completing 22 of his 27 attempts for 309 yards and three touchdowns. \u2014 Ryan O\u2019halloran, The Denver Post , 8 Dec. 2019",
"Mia is transformed from a cagey lone wolf into a woman with unlimited intense sympathy for another. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Team director Ihab Lahita was cagey about his progress, saying there was no guarantee Salah will play in Egypt's Group A opener against Uruguay on Friday. \u2014 Afp, chicagotribune.com , 13 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0101-j\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"artful",
"beguiling",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182117",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"cageyness":{
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
],
"definitions":{
": hesitant about committing oneself":[
"officials are cagey about giving out details"
],
": marked by cleverness":[
"a cagey reply"
],
": wary of being trapped or deceived : shrewd":[
"a cagey consumer"
]
},
"examples":[
"a cagey old politician who is exceptionally skilled at getting federal money for his district",
"when it came time to sign the contract, he suddenly got cagey about taking on the job",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"DeSantis has been extremely cagey when asked direct questions about his vaccination status. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The broader point here is that McCarthy has been VERY cagey about that January 6 phone call -- and there continues to be questions about whether Trump and McCarthy have spoken about the call since January 6. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 18 May 2021",
"Biden and Clyburn have been longtime friends, but Clyburn stayed cagey in the days leading up to his endorsement announcement. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2020",
"The Schuyler sisters provide the most beautiful voices in the production, with Krystal Joy Brown offering a poignant Eliza, and Mandy Gonzalez a smart and cagey Angelica. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Cote and Mark were pretty cagey when asked if Michael will be back. \u2014 Megan Stein, Country Living , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Quarterback Drew Lock looked like a cagey veteran and not a first-time NFL road starter, completing 22 of his 27 attempts for 309 yards and three touchdowns. \u2014 Ryan O\u2019halloran, The Denver Post , 8 Dec. 2019",
"Mia is transformed from a cagey lone wolf into a woman with unlimited intense sympathy for another. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Team director Ihab Lahita was cagey about his progress, saying there was no guarantee Salah will play in Egypt's Group A opener against Uruguay on Friday. \u2014 Afp, chicagotribune.com , 13 June 2018"
],
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"1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
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"\u02c8k\u0101-j\u0113"
],
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"crafty",
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"cute",
"designing",
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"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175846",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"cagged":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of cagged past tense of cag"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-103921",
"type":[]
},
"caginess":{
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"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
],
"definitions":{
": hesitant about committing oneself":[
"officials are cagey about giving out details"
],
": marked by cleverness":[
"a cagey reply"
],
": wary of being trapped or deceived : shrewd":[
"a cagey consumer"
]
},
"examples":[
"a cagey old politician who is exceptionally skilled at getting federal money for his district",
"when it came time to sign the contract, he suddenly got cagey about taking on the job",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"DeSantis has been extremely cagey when asked direct questions about his vaccination status. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The broader point here is that McCarthy has been VERY cagey about that January 6 phone call -- and there continues to be questions about whether Trump and McCarthy have spoken about the call since January 6. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 18 May 2021",
"Biden and Clyburn have been longtime friends, but Clyburn stayed cagey in the days leading up to his endorsement announcement. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2020",
"The Schuyler sisters provide the most beautiful voices in the production, with Krystal Joy Brown offering a poignant Eliza, and Mandy Gonzalez a smart and cagey Angelica. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Cote and Mark were pretty cagey when asked if Michael will be back. \u2014 Megan Stein, Country Living , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Quarterback Drew Lock looked like a cagey veteran and not a first-time NFL road starter, completing 22 of his 27 attempts for 309 yards and three touchdowns. \u2014 Ryan O\u2019halloran, The Denver Post , 8 Dec. 2019",
"Mia is transformed from a cagey lone wolf into a woman with unlimited intense sympathy for another. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Team director Ihab Lahita was cagey about his progress, saying there was no guarantee Salah will play in Egypt's Group A opener against Uruguay on Friday. \u2014 Afp, chicagotribune.com , 13 June 2018"
],
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"1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8k\u0101-j\u0113"
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"cute",
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"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181021",
"type":[
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},
"cagy":{
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"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
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"definitions":{
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"officials are cagey about giving out details"
],
": marked by cleverness":[
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],
": wary of being trapped or deceived : shrewd":[
"a cagey consumer"
]
},
"examples":[
"a cagey old politician who is exceptionally skilled at getting federal money for his district",
"when it came time to sign the contract, he suddenly got cagey about taking on the job",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"DeSantis has been extremely cagey when asked direct questions about his vaccination status. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The broader point here is that McCarthy has been VERY cagey about that January 6 phone call -- and there continues to be questions about whether Trump and McCarthy have spoken about the call since January 6. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 18 May 2021",
"Biden and Clyburn have been longtime friends, but Clyburn stayed cagey in the days leading up to his endorsement announcement. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2020",
"The Schuyler sisters provide the most beautiful voices in the production, with Krystal Joy Brown offering a poignant Eliza, and Mandy Gonzalez a smart and cagey Angelica. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Cote and Mark were pretty cagey when asked if Michael will be back. \u2014 Megan Stein, Country Living , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Quarterback Drew Lock looked like a cagey veteran and not a first-time NFL road starter, completing 22 of his 27 attempts for 309 yards and three touchdowns. \u2014 Ryan O\u2019halloran, The Denver Post , 8 Dec. 2019",
"Mia is transformed from a cagey lone wolf into a woman with unlimited intense sympathy for another. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Team director Ihab Lahita was cagey about his progress, saying there was no guarantee Salah will play in Egypt's Group A opener against Uruguay on Friday. \u2014 Afp, chicagotribune.com , 13 June 2018"
],
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"1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"origin unknown":""
},
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"\u02c8k\u0101-j\u0113"
],
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"artful",
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"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
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"tricky",
"wily"
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