Definitions for floodgate
ˈflʌdˌgeɪtflood·gate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. floodgatenoun

   something that restrains a flood or outpouring

   "suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants"

2. sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gatenoun

   regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. floodgatenoun

   An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.

2. floodgatenoun

   Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Floodgatenoun

   Gate or shutter by which the watercourse is closed or opened at pleasure.

   Etymology: flood and gate.

   As if the opening of her mouth to Zelmane had opened some great floodgate of sorrow, whereof her heart could not abide the violent issue, she sunk to the ground. Philip Sidney.

   Yet there the steel staid not; but inly bate
   Deep in his flesh, and opened wide a red floodgate. Fai. Qu.

   His youth, and want of experience in maritime service, had somewhat been shrewdly touched, even before the sluices and floodgates of popular liberty were yet set open. Henry Wotton.

   The rain descended for forty days, the cataracts or floodgates of heaven being opened. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Floodgate

   Floodgates, also called stop gates, are adjustable gates used to control water flow in flood barriers, reservoir, river, stream, or levee systems. They may be designed to set spillway crest heights in dams, to adjust flow rates in sluices and canals, or they may be designed to stop water flow entirely as part of a levee or storm surge system. Since most of these devices operate by controlling the water surface elevation being stored or routed, they are also known as crest gates. In the case of flood bypass systems, floodgates sometimes are also used to lower the water levels in a main river or canal channels by allowing more water to flow into a flood bypass or detention basin when the main river or canal is approaching a flood stage.

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1. floodgate

   A floodgate is a adjustable gate or barrier used to control the flow of water. It is typically installed in dams, reservoirs, or canal locks to prevent flooding by regulating the volume of water allowed to flow from one side to another. It can also refer metaphorically to a controlled release or outpouring of something, such as information or emotions.

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1. Floodgate

   Floodgates are adjustable gates used to control water flow in flood barriers, reservoir, river, stream, or levee systems. They may be designed to set spillway crest heights in dams, to adjust flow rates in sluices and canals, or they may be designed to stop water flow entirely as part of a levee or storm surge system. Since most of these devices operate by controlling the water surface elevation being stored or routed, they are also known as crest gates. In the case of flood bypass systems, floodgates sometimes are also used to lower the water levels in a main river or canal channels by allowing more water to flow into a flood bypass or detention basin when the main river or canal is approaching a flood stage.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of floodgate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of floodgate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of floodgate in a Sentence

1. Carolyn Ruffin:

   It was like if you had opened a floodgate.

2. Rob Shuter:

   With Steven's knowledge of how to tell a story and Steven Spielberg cinematic understanding of how to tell that story, the language that Steven Spielberg speaks, the tools at Steven Spielberg disposal to capture something like the Invasion of Normandy, it was all brand new, so it was all going to be able to happen in a very fresh, very immediate kind of way, it opened up a floodgate of reminisces and understanding and I think a very, very personal connection to it. I can't tell you how many times I have come across somebody who has told me that their Dad or Grandfather never said a word about what they did from 1941-1945 until they saw' Saving Private Ryan.'.

3. Marquetta Goodwine:

   I think it's excellent that finally they're recognizing that we do exist on this coastline, and that if you are going to talk about so-called minority issues in America, you have to begin with the minority that built America, which are the Gullah Geechee, i hope this is really just going to, literally, going to open a floodgate of all of them paying attention to the fact that we exist and that our votes do matter.

4. Kristen Campana:

   I don't think there's going to be a floodgate of bankruptcies, but I think there are going to be a lot teetering on the brink as they look at options.

5. Bob Menendez:

   With its announcement today, the (International Atomic Energy Agency) confirmed they could not determine the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program -- except to assess that, contrary to its claims, Iran was working at certain points to weaponize its nuclear program, with little known about Iran's true intent, we find ourselves today opening a floodgate of frozen assets to a regime that is bent on opposing our interests.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=floodgate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Floodgate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=floodgate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodgate
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=floodgate