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Definition of to cage in English English dictionary: an enclosure made of bars; another name for the goal in water polo and hockey; the passenger compartment of a lift; To track individual responses to direct mail; automobile; {n} a place of confinement; {v} to confine; {i} barred enclosure; prison; elevator; in a mine shaft, the device, similar to an elevator car, that is used for hoisting men and materials; A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals; A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve; 1 The metal structure that separates the balls of a roller bearing assembly 2 A shortened term for roll cage; an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept; The goal cage; In a mine shaft, the device, similar to an elevator car, that is used for hoisting personnel and materials; The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim; The catcher's wire mask; to put into a cage; something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement; The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft; A questionnaire used to screen for alcohol abuse Two positive answers for males and one positive answer for females indicate alcohol abuse with 85% sensitivity and 89% specificity C: Have you ever tried to Cut down on your drinking? A: Have you ever felt Annoyed by others telling you to cut down? G: Have you ever felt Guilty about your drinking E: Have you ever had to have an Eye-opener in the morning?; lift used in mine shafts; A place of confinement for malefactors An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase; confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"; If someone rattles your cage, they do something which is intended to make you feel nervous. If he's trying to rattle your cage, it's working. American musical theorist and composer of avant-garde works, such as Sonatas and Interludes for a piano with its strings damped by wood and metal (1946-1948). to put or keep an animal or bird in a cage; A directory created on the Client computer to store all data for files that are undergoing transfer The Cage acts as a quarantine for files until they are completed The Cage can also manage the amount of hard disk space that has been allocated for transfers; Commercial and Government Entity; To whistle or sing in the cage The cage is a jail, and to whistle in a cage is to turn Queen's evidence, or peach against a comrade; A metal or plastic holder for the bearing balls in a ball bearing Use of a cage keeps the balls from bumping into one another, and allows the use of fewer balls In the case of traditional cup-and-cone bearings used on bicycles, the primary purpose of caged balls is to save labor More formally known as a retainer A holder for carrying a water bottle The part of a derailer through which the chain passes The front derailer cage is a simple guide, the rear derailer cage contains the jockey pulley and the tension pulley The outer part of a conventional pedal, the part that comes into contact with the rider's shoe The part of an internal gear hub which holds the planet pinions Slang term for an automobile; a "cager" is the driver of an automobile; To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine; A cage is a structure of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept. I hate to see birds in cages. see also rib cage; To lock a gyro in a fixed position in its case; This is another term for the wire guard that protects the fan blade; A section of a brokerage firm used for receiving and disbursing funds; Code: Commercial and Government Entity code (CAGE); unique five-character company identification number issued by the Defense Logistics Service Center (DLSC) to identify DoD contractors It will automatically be assigned and validated in the registration process; A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes; Also called the casino cage or cashier A centralized enclosure where the records of transactions are kept, money is counted Chips or tokens can be purchased or exchanged for cash; Piece of hardware into which cards are installed; (1) A secure enclosed area for storing highly valuable items, (2) a pallet-sized platform with sides that can be secured to the tines of a forklift and in which a person may ride to inventory items stored well above the warehouse floor; An elevator compartment raised and lowered in a shaft for the moving of men and ore; United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992); Commercial and Government Entity Code Normally a 5 digit code; Elevator for moving people up and down mine shafts; a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice; an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept the net that is the goal in ice hockey United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992) something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement confine in a cage; "The animal was caged; n kandang; Area in a brokerage office where cashiering activity takes place; The component of an electric motor composed of solid bars (of usually copper or aluminum) arranged in a circle and connected to continuous rings at each end This cage fits inside the stator in an induction motor in channels between laminations, thin flat discs of steel in a ring configuration; [1] On a front derailleur of a bicycle, it is a pair of parallel plates that push the chain from side to side; on a rear derailleur, it is a set of plates in which pulleys are mounted to hold and guide the chain from cog to cog; {f} enclose in a cage; place in a cage; the net that is the goal in ice hockey; The area in a Bank or Brokerage house where the securities are physically delivered and checks are processed