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A doorlike structure outside a house.
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A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
- At 7, he made his exit through the Ch‘ien-ch‘ing and the Lung-tsung gates, and thence, through the Yung-Hang Gate he entered the Tz‘u-ning Palace.
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A movable barrier.
- The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.
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A passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
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A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
- Lyons and Fisher's stations, who have spared nothing to ensure a success on this point, there is every reason to believe that the Northern Territory will soon be able to make a proper use of her geographical position, and become the gate of
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The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
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A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
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The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
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In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
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The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate; tedge.
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To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.transitive
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To punish (a student) by not allowing to leave the college grounds.datedhistoricaltransitive
- You climbed the wall, for which you ought to be gated; and finally, you came in blotto, for which you ought to be sent down.
- “I’ve missed two lectures already,” remarked Maurice, who was breakfasting in his pyjamas. “Cut them all — he’ll only gate you.”
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To open (a closed ion channel).transitive
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To furnish with a gate.transitive
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To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively, as needed or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.transitive
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To selectively regulate or restrict (access to something).transitive
- Access to the building is gated by a security system.
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A way, path.Northern-EnglandScotland
- I was going to be an honest man; but the devil has this very day flung first a lawyer, and then a woman, in my gate.
- "Stand out o' my gate, wife, for, d'ye see, I am rather in a haste, Jean Linton."
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A journey.obsolete
- […] nought regarding, they kept on their gate, / And all her vaine allurements did forsake […]
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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".Northern-EnglandScotland
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Manner; gait.ScotlandUKarchaic