1. confining or trapping someone or something in or as if in a cage
Usage: present participle of ‘encage’

Examples

• The zookeeper was encaging the injured bird for treatment.
• She felt like the small apartment was encaging her spirit.
• The protesters accused the government of encaging dissenting voices.
• The thick forest seemed to be encaging them on all sides.
• He was encaging his emotions behind a wall of silence.
• The new regulations were encaging small businesses with restrictions.