gate

1. (verb) restrict movement to the dormitory or campus, of British schoolboys, as a means of punishment
Related Words: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel

2. (verb) control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
Related Words: control, operate

3. (verb) supply with a gate: "The house was gated"
Related Words: furnish, provide, render, supply

4. (noun) a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall
Related Words: Dipylon, Dipylon gate, head gate, lichgate, lock-gate, lychgate, movable barrier, portcullis, postern, tail gate, tailboard, tailgate, tollbar, tollgate, turnpike, turnstile, wicket, wicket door, wicket gate

5. (noun) a circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
Related Words: and circuit, and gate, computer circuit, or circuit, or gate, x-or circuit, xor circuit, xor gate

6. (noun) total admission receipts at a sports event
Related Words: gross, receipts, revenue



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