Gate

Word GATE
Character 4
Hyphenation gate
Pronunciations /ɡeɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Gate"

What do we mean by gate?

A path or way. noun

A particular way of acting or doing; manner. noun

A structure that can be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or a passageway. noun

An opening in a wall or fence for entrance or exit. noun

The structure surrounding such an opening, such as the monumental or fortified entrance to a palace or walled city. noun

A means of access. noun

A passageway, as in an airport terminal, through which passengers proceed when boarding or leaving an airplane. noun

A mountain pass. noun

The total paid attendance or admission receipts at a public event. noun

A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or conduit. noun

The channel through which molten metal flows into a shaped cavity of a mold. noun

A passage between two upright poles through which a skier must go in a slalom race. noun

A logic gate. noun

To confine (a student) to the grounds of a college as punishment. transitive verb

To select part of (a wave) for transmission, reception, or processing by magnitude or time interval. transitive verb

To furnish with a gate. transitive verb

(get the gate) To be dismissed or rejected. idiom

(give (someone) the gate) To discharge from a job. idiom

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.

The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.

The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.

(flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.

Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.

The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

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.

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.

A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.

Used as a suffix to highlight the nature of certain controversial news and current affair stories. Based on the infamous Watergate scandal. Urban Dictionary

A suffix used to denote a political scandal. Its use originated with the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration. Urban Dictionary

The beginnin Urban Dictionary

This term is used by convicts from california, refering to it as the last gate you walk through to freedom. Urban Dictionary

A term often used on IRC to refer to a proxy server IP address. Urban Dictionary

Bad, not cool, lame, weak. Urban Dictionary

Started out as "chalking 1 up". this is when someone states something funny. "chalking 1 up" is a tally and when someone receives 5, it becomes a gate.....now people award gates instead of singular "chalks on the board". Urban Dictionary

A colloquialism for Forest Gate. At town in East London. Urban Dictionary

Sometimes referred to as a cop or some kind of criminal justice. Urban Dictionary

When a straight woman or man brings a gay or lesbian "date" with them to an event (as a plus one) or out on a fri or sat night. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Gate

The word "gate" in example sentences

TREMAYNE _enters from_ L. _and with his back to the audience tries latch of imaginary gate below scenic painted gateway_ L. BEL.NDA _turns her head, hearing imaginary click of the garden gate_ L. _She comes slowly back_ R.C.) ❋ Unknown (1919)

Outside the main gate is a new statue of Barbaro, with his ashes interred in the base. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They find the same holy consternation upon themselves that Jacob did at his consecrated Bethel, which he called the gate of heaven; and if such places are so, then surely a daily expectation at the gate is the readiest way to gain admittance into the house. ❋ 1634-1716 (1823)

This gate is the entrance to the cathedral in Guadalupe, which dates back to the early 1700s. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Iron Man-Safe Bet-Being the first film out of the gate is a BIG advantage and I really don't see Speed Racer doing terrific B.O. numbers to be too much of a threat. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It's the first year we became public, and our first campaign out of the gate is to be associated with the values that go with the Olympics. ❋ Unknown (2008)

First out of the gate is the very finest, Andrei Konchalovsky's Siberiade. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Tucker's first effort out of the gate is a clear winner ... a literary sensation. ❋ Unknown (2003)

And no doubt Plutarco imitated his rival too: just inside the gate is a series of stepping stones in the shape of bare feet. ❋ Unknown (2000)

There is a temple to him in Rome, which has two doors, and which they call the gate of war. ❋ 46-120? Plutarch (1839)

And, of course, the blogosphere must legitimize each scandal by christening it with some obligatory name ending in "gate" which can be used by whatever side to prove it's right. ❋ Jason Samenow (2010)

But yeah, the unrecognized truck at the gate is right at the top of my list of pet peeves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Three of their siblings who died in infancy are buried in the cemetery within view of the wall to which the gate is perpendicular. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Running a red-band trailer on MySpace definitely seems like a kid-friendly approach, especially when the age gate is nothing more than ‘please enter your birthday.’ ❋ Unknown (2010)

Al says: Birth-certificate-gate is among the dumber conspiracy theories ❋ Unknown (2009)

Given the above story, I think nullification out of the starting gate is a non-starter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[MasterChef] embroiled in SatayGate scandal (headline from the Daily [Telegraph], [9 July] 2010) ❋ Quizmaster 85 (2010)

[Filegate] and [Chinagate] are examples of [Clinton] era scandals. ❋ Dan Snow (2004)

yo [I told you] that shit [from the gate] man [I knew that] nigga was a bitch from the gate ❋ Southphilly215 (2009)

"[hey dog] when you [getting] [out the gate]?" ❋ Impsick (2006)

I'm a load all my [flood] [bots] and flood this channel! *[Bots] Join Channel* Thanks for [the gates]! ❋ Qbert (2004)

That [haircut] is gate [man]... ❋ Superguy (2003)

❋ Sef (2003)

"I'll [meet] you at 9pm in [Gate] by the [station]" ❋ Michael Morgan-Abel (2007)

Yo, you a gate? [Theres] mad [gates] out [son]. ❋ Synik (2006)

"So, that guy [Chuck you] were [having dinner] with the other night was [pretty cute] - you guys an item?" "No, no. He's gay, that was just a gate." ❋ Fancynancy (2008)

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