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1. (n.) gate
a movable barrier, usu. on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure .
2. gate
an opening permitting passage through an enclosure .
3. gate
a tower, architectural setting, etc., for defending or adorning such an opening or for providing a monumental entrance to a street, park, etc.
4. gate
any means of access or entrance:
the gate to success.
5. gate
a mountain pass .
6. gate
any movable barrier, as at a tollbooth or a railroad crossing .
7. gate
a gateway or passageway in a passenger terminal or pier that leads to a place for boarding a train, plane, or ship .
8. gate
a sliding barrier for regulating the passage of water, steam, or the like, as in a dam or pipe; valve .
9. gate
an obstacle in a slalom race, consisting of two upright poles anchored in the snow a certain distance apart.
10. gate
the opening between these poles, through which a competitor in a slalom race must ski .
11. gate
the total number of persons who pay for admission to an athletic contest, a performance, an exhibition, etc.
12. gate
the total receipts from such admissions.
13. gate
a temporary channel in a cell membrane through which substances diffuse into or out of a cell.
14. gate
a circuit with one output that is actuated only by certain combinations of two or more inputs.
15. gate
the gate, rejection; dismissal:
to give a boyfriend the gate.
16. (v.t.) gate
(at British universities) to punish by confining to the college grounds.
17. gate
to control the operation of (an electronic device) by means of a gate.
18. (n.) gate
Archaic. a path; way .
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME < ON gata path)
Definition of 'GATE'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun) gate
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
2. (noun) gate, logic gate
a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
3. (noun) gate
total admission receipts at a sports event
4. (verb) gate
passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
5. (verb) gate
supply with a gate
"The house was gated"
6. (verb) gate
control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
7. (verb) gate
restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
1. (noun) gate
a door or entrance in a fence or wall
a farm gate; the gates to the palace
2. gate
the place at an airport where passengers get onto an airplane
Your flight will be boarding at gate 37.
Definition of 'GATE'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun) GATE
a large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed
2. (noun) GATE
an opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit
3. (noun) GATE
a door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc
4. (noun) GATE
the places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might
5. (noun) GATE
in a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into
6. (noun) GATE
the channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate
7. (noun) GATE
the waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece
8. (noun) GATE
a way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate)
9. (noun) GATE
manner; gait
10. (verb) GATE
to supply with a gate
11. (verb) GATE
to punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual
Sense: (a metal, wooden etc doorlike object which closes) the opening in a wall, fence etc through which people etc pass
I'll meet you at the park gate(s).
Afrikaans: hek
Arabic: بَوّابَه
Bulgarian: порта
Brazilian: portão
Czech: brána, vrata
German: das Tor
Danish: port; låge
Greek: πύλη, αυλόπορτα
Spanish: puerta; verja
Estonian: värav
Farsi: دروازه؛ محل ورود و خروج
Finnish: portti
French: porte, barrière
Hebrew: שַׁעַר
Hindi: द्वार
Croatian: ograda
Hungarian: kapu
Indonesian: gerbang
Icelandic: hlið
Italian: cancello; portone
Japanese: 門
Korean: (울타리, 담 등에 있는) 문, 사립문, 살문
Lithuanian: vartai
Latvian: vārti
Malay: pintu pagar
Dutch: hek, poort
Norwegian: port, grind
Polish: brama
Persian: دروازه؛ محل ورود و خروج
Pashto: لوى ور ( لكه دكور ) ور، خ
Portuguese: portão
Romanian: poartă, barieră
Russian: ворота
Slovak: brána; vráta
Slovenian: vrata
Serbian: kapija
Swedish: grind
Thai: ประตูรั้ว
Turkish: kapı
Taiwanese: 大門
Ukrainian: ворота, хвіртка
Urdu: دیوار یا لوہے کے فریم میں
Vietnamese: cổng
Chinese: 大门
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