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gate

Noun

∙ A doorlike structure outside a house.
∙ Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
∙ Movable barrier.
∙ A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc. computing
∙ The gap between a batsman's bat and pad. cricket
∙ The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
∙ A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots. flow cytometry
∙ passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
∙ The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET). electronics
∙ In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
∙ The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate. metalworking
∙ The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
∙ A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture cinematography

Verb

∙ To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
∙ To ground someone.
∙ To open a closed ion channel. biochemistry
∙ To furnish with a gate. transitive
∙ To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating. transitive

Noun

∙ A way, path. now Scotland, Northern England
∙ A journey. obsolete
∙ A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street. Northern England
∙ manner; gait Britain, Scotland, dialect, archaic

Gate

Proper noun

∙ A town in Oklahoma.

BABYLON ENGLISH
gate n.
portion of a wall or fence that opens and closes; any barrier which opens and closes; entrance, entryway; number of spectators at a show or event; passageway through which passengers board (a train, plane, boat, etc.)

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
gate
gate
\gate\ (gāt), n. [oe. &yogh;et, &yogh;eat, giat, gate, door, as. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to os., d., & icel. gat opening, hole, and perh. to e. gate a way, gait, and get, v. cf. gate a way, 3d get.]
1. 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. 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. knowest thou the way to dover? both stile and gate, horse way and footpath. opening a gate for a long war.
3. a door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
4. (script.) the places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might. the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. xvi. 18.
5. in a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
6. (founding) (a) the channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate. (b) the waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. [written also geat and git.]
gate
chamber, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock, which receives the opened gate.
gate
channel. see gate, 5.
gate
hook, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge.
gate
money, entrance money for admission to an inclosure.
gate
tender, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad crossing.
gate
valva, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate which affords a straight passageway when open.
gate
vein (anat.), the portal vein.
similar words(30)

waste gate
tail gate
barrier gate
corpse gate
lift gate
lych gate
head gate
threshold gate
sluice gate
field-programmable gate array
lock-gate
wicket gate
gate chamber
lodge gate
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
xor gate
gate or gates
gate money
gate hook
gate channel
gate vein
tide gate
gate valva
lich gate
pretorian gate
gate tender
water gate
logic gate
gate-crash
20-gate

WORDNET 2.0
gate
Noun
1. a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall
(hypernym) movable barrier
(hyponym) head gate
(part-meronym) hinge, flexible joint
2. a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
(synonym) logic gate
(hypernym) computer circuit
(hyponym) AND circuit, AND gate
3. total admission receipts at a sports event
(hypernym) gross, revenue, receipts
4. passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
(hypernym) passageway
(hyponym) arrival gate
(part-holonym) air terminal, airport terminal
Verb
1. supply with a gate; "The house was gated"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(classification) architecture
2. control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
(hypernym) operate, control
3. restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
(hypernym) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Gate
A gate or gateway is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, or a moderately sized opening in some sort of fence. Gates may prevent or control the entry or exit of individuals, or they may be merely decorative. Other terms for gate include yett and port. The word derives from the old Norse "gata", meaning road or , and originally referred to the gap in the wall or fence, rather than the barrier which closed it. The moving part or parts of a gateway may be called "doors", but used for the whole point of entry door usually refers to the entry to a building, or an internal opening between different rooms.
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Gåte
Gåte was a band from Trøndelag, Norway playing Norwegian folk music bred with metal and electronica. Their style has been referred to as progressive folk-rock. The band was put together by Sveinung Sundli (violin, keyboards) in 2000 and originally consisted of his little sister Gunnhild Sundli (vocals), Gjermund Landrø (bass, backing vocals), Martin Langlie (drums) and Magnus Robot Børmark (guitar, keyboards). Martin Langlie was replaced by Kenneth Kapstad in 2004. The band's name is the Norwegian word for riddle.
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Gate (surname)
Gate or Gaté is a surname that may refer toAaron Gate (born 1990), Olympic cyclist from New ZealandDenis Gaté (born 1958), French Olympic rowerGabriel Gaté (born 1955), French chef living in AustraliaSimon Gate (1883–1945), Swedish painter, graphic designer, glass artist, and book illustrator and portraitist
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List of scandals with "-gate" suffix
This is a list of scandals or controversies whose names in scholarly sources include a "-gate" suffix, by analogy with the Watergate scandal. This list also includes controversies that are widely referred to with a "-gate" suffix, but may be referred to by another more common name in scholarly sources (such as New Orleans Saints bounty scandal).
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Miss You (Yuna Ito song)
"Miss You" is the 11th single of Japanese artist Yuna Ito slated for a release on September 3, 2008.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

gate

Noun

∙ A doorlike structure outside a house.
∙ Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
∙ Movable barrier.
∙ A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc. computing
∙ The gap between a batsman's bat and pad. cricket
∙ The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
∙ A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots. flow cytometry
∙ passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
∙ The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET). electronics
∙ In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
∙ The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate. metalworking
∙ The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
∙ A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture cinematography

Verb

∙ To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
∙ To ground someone.
∙ To open a closed ion channel. biochemistry
∙ To furnish with a gate. transitive
∙ To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating. transitive

Noun

∙ A way, path. now Scotland, Northern England
∙ A journey. obsolete
∙ A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street. Northern England
∙ manner; gait Britain, Scotland, dialect, archaic

Gate

Proper noun

∙ A town in Oklahoma.

BABYLON ENGLISH
gate n.
portion of a wall or fence that opens and closes; any barrier which opens and closes; entrance, entryway; number of spectators at a show or event; passageway through which passengers board (a train, plane, boat, etc.)

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
gate
gate
\gate\ (gāt), n. [oe. &yogh;et, &yogh;eat, giat, gate, door, as. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to os., d., & icel. gat opening, hole, and perh. to e. gate a way, gait, and get, v. cf. gate a way, 3d get.]
1. 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. 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. knowest thou the way to dover? both stile and gate, horse way and footpath. opening a gate for a long war.
3. a door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
4. (script.) the places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might. the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. xvi. 18.
5. in a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
6. (founding) (a) the channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate. (b) the waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. [written also geat and git.]
gate
chamber, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock, which receives the opened gate.
gate
channel. see gate, 5.
gate
hook, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge.
gate
money, entrance money for admission to an inclosure.
gate
tender, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad crossing.
gate
valva, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate which affords a straight passageway when open.
gate
vein (anat.), the portal vein.
similar words(30)

waste gate
tail gate
barrier gate
corpse gate
lift gate
lych gate
head gate
threshold gate
sluice gate
field-programmable gate array
lock-gate
wicket gate
gate chamber
lodge gate
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
xor gate
gate or gates
gate money
gate hook
gate channel
gate vein
tide gate
gate valva
lich gate
pretorian gate
gate tender
water gate
logic gate
gate-crash
20-gate

WORDNET 2.0
gate
Noun
1. a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall
(hypernym) movable barrier
(hyponym) head gate
(part-meronym) hinge, flexible joint
2. a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
(synonym) logic gate
(hypernym) computer circuit
(hyponym) AND circuit, AND gate
3. total admission receipts at a sports event
(hypernym) gross, revenue, receipts
4. passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
(hypernym) passageway
(hyponym) arrival gate
(part-holonym) air terminal, airport terminal
Verb
1. supply with a gate; "The house was gated"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(classification) architecture
2. control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
(hypernym) operate, control
3. restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
(hypernym) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Gate
A gate or gateway is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, or a moderately sized opening in some sort of fence. Gates may prevent or control the entry or exit of individuals, or they may be merely decorative. Other terms for gate include yett and port. The word derives from the old Norse "gata", meaning road or , and originally referred to the gap in the wall or fence, rather than the barrier which closed it. The moving part or parts of a gateway may be called "doors", but used for the whole point of entry door usually refers to the entry to a building, or an internal opening between different rooms.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
Gåte
Gåte was a band from Trøndelag, Norway playing Norwegian folk music bred with metal and electronica. Their style has been referred to as progressive folk-rock. The band was put together by Sveinung Sundli (violin, keyboards) in 2000 and originally consisted of his little sister Gunnhild Sundli (vocals), Gjermund Landrø (bass, backing vocals), Martin Langlie (drums) and Magnus Robot Børmark (guitar, keyboards). Martin Langlie was replaced by Kenneth Kapstad in 2004. The band's name is the Norwegian word for riddle.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
Gate (surname)
Gate or Gaté is a surname that may refer toAaron Gate (born 1990), Olympic cyclist from New ZealandDenis Gaté (born 1958), French Olympic rowerGabriel Gaté (born 1955), French chef living in AustraliaSimon Gate (1883–1945), Swedish painter, graphic designer, glass artist, and book illustrator and portraitist
See more at Wikipedia.org...
List of scandals with "-gate" suffix
This is a list of scandals or controversies whose names in scholarly sources include a "-gate" suffix, by analogy with the Watergate scandal. This list also includes controversies that are widely referred to with a "-gate" suffix, but may be referred to by another more common name in scholarly sources (such as New Orleans Saints bounty scandal).
See more at Wikipedia.org...
Miss You (Yuna Ito song)
"Miss You" is the 11th single of Japanese artist Yuna Ito slated for a release on September 3, 2008.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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