The act of placing or trapping something in a cage.

present participle of cage

plural of caging

Confined in a cage. / (of eggs) Produced by birds confined in cages; not free-range. / Resembling a cage.

simple past tense and past participle of cage

An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals. / The passenger compartment of a lift. / (field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal. / (US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.

To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage. / (figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity. / (aviation) To immobilize an artificial horizon.

plural of cage

plural of cageful

That which can fit into a cage.