gate

/ɡeɪt/ · noun

Meaning

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.
To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
To open a closed ion channel.
To furnish with a gate.
To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.
A way, path.
A journey.
A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
Manner; gait.

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