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protective
Adjective
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If something is protective, it is able to keep something safe.
The fighter dropped into a protective stance.
Mother bears are protective of their cubs.
cage
Noun
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A cage is a structure made with wire or bars, to hold an animal.
The bird lived in a large wire cage near the window.
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A cage is a something that holds things in, to protect or to keep imprisoned.
Your heart is inside your rib cage.
cage
Verb
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Cage is to place something in a wire or barred structure so that they can not get out.
We had to cage the lion to keep it from escaping.