Do you put your birds in a ____, or let them fly free?

noun

1. A box or enclosure having some openwork for confining or carrying animals (such as birds)
2. A barred cell for confining prisoners
3. A fenced area for prisoners of war
4. A framework serving as support

   "the steel cage of a skyscraper"

5. An enclosure resembling a cage in form or purpose

   "a cashier's cage"

6. An arrangement of atoms or molecules so bonded as to enclose a space in which another atom or ion (as of a metal) can reside
7. Batting cage
8. A goal consisting of posts or a frame with a net attached (as in ice hockey)
9. A large building containing an area for practicing outdoor sports and often adapted for indoor events

verb

1. To confine or keep in or as if in a cage
2. To drive (a puck, a shot, etc.) into a cage and score a goal

biographical name

1. John Milton 1912–1992 American composer

noun

1. A screen placed around the back and sides of the home plate area to stop baseballs during batting practice

noun

1. The bony enclosing wall of the chest consisting chiefly of the ribs and the structures connecting them

noun

1. A protective framework of metal bars encasing the driver of a vehicle (such as a racing car)

noun

1. A cage for a small animal (such as a squirrel) that contains a rotatable cylinder for exercising
2. Something resembling the working of a squirrel cage in repetitiveness or endlessness

idiom

1. To make someone feel worried or upset

   "Don't worry about what he said. He was just trying to rattle your cage."