Complete Definition of "gate"

see|-gate
Image:BywaterMay07WhiteGate.jpg|thumb|right|A gate.
English
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Etymology
From ME. < OE. geat.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ɡeɪt/
audio|en-us-gate.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|eɪt

Noun
en-noun

  1. A door-like structure outside a house.
  2. doorway|Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
  3. Movable barrier.

#: The <B>gate</B> in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.

  1. computing A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand etc.
  2. cricket The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
  3. The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.

Synonyms
(computing): logic gate

Translations
trans-top|door-like structure outside
German: t+|de|Tor|n
Greek: t+|el|��λη|f|scGrek, t+|el|θ��α|f|scGrek, t|el|εξ��ο��α|f|sc=Grek
Norwegian: t-|no|port|m
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|portão|m
Scots: yett
Spanish: t+|es|puerta|f
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trans-top|doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall
German: t+|de|Tor|n
Hebrew: he-translation|�����|ibúl
Norwegian: t-|no|port|m
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|portão|m
Scots: yett
Spanish: t+|es|puerta|f
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trans-top|movable barrier
Czech: t-|cs|závora|f
Finnish: t-|fi|puomi
German: Schlagbaum m
Hungarian: t-|hu|sorompó
trans-mid
Swedish: t-|sv|bom
trans-bottom

trans-top|computing: logical pathway
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|cricket: gap between a batsman the bat and his pad
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|money made by selling tickets for an event
trans-mid
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rfc-trans
Chinese: �/� (men), 大�/大�, ��, 籬��/篱�� (libamen)
Estonian: värav
Hawaiian: puka
Hebrew: שער m
Hungarian: kapu
Japanese: � (��, mon), � (���, tobira)
Latin: porta f
Romanian: poart� f

Verb
en-verb|gates|gating|gated

  1. To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
  2. To ground someone.

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