Synonyms for caged
| Grammar : Verb |
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| Phonetic Transcription : keɪdʒ |
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Définition of caged
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French cage "cage, prison; retreat, hideout" (12c.), from Latin cavea "hollow place, enclosure for animals, coop, hive, stall, dungeon, spectators' seats in the theater" (cf. Italian gabbia "basket for fowls, coop;" see cave (n.)).
- verb hold in enclosure
- Napoleon, the prisoner in the school "lock-up," raged for a while like a caged lion.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- Wentworth paced up and down the narrow limits of the state-room as if he were caged.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- That could make some other guy as mad as a caged hyena—the wrong sort of other guy.
- Extract from : « The Man the Martians Made » by Frank Belknap Long
- He had the freedom of the house, for Whittier objected to having him caged.
- Extract from : « Whittier-land » by Samuel T. Pickard
- Peter raged up and down the floor of the Cabin like a caged animal.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- And he walked impatiently to and fro, like a caged animal in fretfulness.
- Extract from : « A Rent In A Cloud » by Charles James Lever
- I seemed to be caged in flames that were darting at me savagely, spitefully.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- Her caged soul will struggle for light and companionship, blindly, vainly.
- Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
- No less than five kinds of squirrels had been caught and caged.
- Extract from : « The Desert Home » by Mayne Reid
- He could do nothing, and in his inactivity he chafed like a caged lion.
- Extract from : « Freaks of Fortune » by Oliver Optic
Antonyms for caged
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