gate 1  (gāt) 
n. A structure that can be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or a passageway. An opening in a wall or fence for entrance or exit. The structure surrounding such an opening, such as the monumental or fortified entrance to a palace or walled city. A means of access: the gate to riches. A passageway, as in an airport terminal, through which passengers proceed when boarding or leaving an airplane.
A means of access: the gate to riches. A passageway, as in an airport terminal, through which passengers proceed when boarding or leaving an airplane.
A mountain pass. The total paid attendance or admission receipts at a public event: a good gate at the football game. A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or conduit. The channel through which molten metal flows into a shaped cavity of a mold. Sports A passage between two upright poles through which a skier must go in a slalom race. A logic gate.
tr.v.
gat·ed, gat·ing, gates
Chiefly British To confine (a student) to the grounds of a college as punishment. Electronics To select part of (a wave) for transmission, reception, or processing by magnitude or time interval. To furnish with a gate: "The entrance to the rear lawn was also gated" (Dean Koontz).
[Middle English, from Old English geat.] |
