caged
See also: CAGED
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]caged (not comparable)
- Confined in a cage.
- (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.
- 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.
- (slang, derogatory) Jailed, imprisoned, incarcerated.
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]caged
- simple past and past participle of cage