caged

See also: CAGED

English

Adjective

caged (not comparable)

1. Confined in a cage.
2. (of eggs) Produced by birds confined in cages; not free-range.
   • 2017, Kathy Smith, John Loughran, Quality Learning: Teachers Changing Their Practice, page 45:

     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.

3. Resembling a cage.
   • 1964 May, “News and Comment: WR's new parcel traffic method”, in Modern Railways, page 300:

     It is lighter to handle and more manoeuvrable, and its three caged sides with web straps on the fourth prevent movement of the contents.

4. (slang, derogatory) Jailed, imprisoned, incarcerated.

Derived terms

• noncaged

Verb

caged

1. simple past and past participle of cage

Anagrams

• cadge