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uncaged

[ uhn-keyjd ]

/ ʌnˈkeɪdʒd /

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adjective

not confined in a cage.

free or set free from confinement or restraint: the uncaged spirit of a freethinker.

Origin of uncaged

1725–35; un-¹ + cage + -ed² for def 1; uncage + -ed² for def 2

Words nearby uncaged

unburden, unbutton, unbuttoned, unc, uncage, uncaged, uncal, uncalled for, uncalled-for, uncanny, uncanny valley

Definition for uncaged (2 of 2)

uncage

[ uhn-keyj ]

/ ʌnˈkeɪdʒ /

verb (used with object), un·caged, un·cag·ing.

to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.

Origin of uncage

First recorded in 1610–20; un-² + cage

Example sentences from the Web for uncaged

But an uncaged tyrant like Saddam demanded a posture at once more nimble and aggressive.

The Case for Bombing Iran Shows Hawks Wrong All Over Again |Michael Tomasky |February 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
His body was imprisoned between these grim, impassable walls; but his soul was yet uncaged.

The Red Debt |Everett MacDonald
For ransom and release, she gave her lips unresistingly, and he uncaged her.

The Scarlet Feather |Houghton Townley
There were uncaged winds about; you could hear them whistling among the precipices.

Day and Night Stories |Algernon Blackwood

When he was several days out he uncaged one of the ravens, which immediately took its flight back to the Faroe Islands.

Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson
Yet those eyes of Garth's were as disconcerting as the watchful eyes of an uncaged panther, alleged to be tame.

Vision House |C. N. Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for uncaged

uncaged

/ (ʌnˈkeɪdʒd) /

adjective

at liberty