gate
noun
[ ɡeɪt ]
• a hinged barrier used to close an opening in a wall, fence, or hedge.
• "she closed the front gate"
Similar:
barrier,
wicket,
wicket gate,
lychgate,
five-barred gate,
turnstile,
kissing gate,
port,
moon gate,
pylon,
• the number of people who pay to enter a sports ground for an event.
• "an average home gate of more than 12,000"
• a device resembling a gate in structure or function.
• an electric circuit with an output which depends on the combination of several inputs.
• "a logic gate"
gate
verb
• confine (a pupil or student) to school or college.
• "he was gated for the rest of term"
Origin:
Old English gæt, geat, plural gatu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gat ‘gap, hole, breach’.
gate
noun
• (in place names) a street.
• "Kirkgate"
Origin:
Middle English (also meaning ‘way’ in general): from Old Norse gata ; related to German Gasse ‘street, lane’.
-gate
combining form
• in nouns denoting an actual or alleged scandal, especially one involving a cover-up.
• "Irangate"
Origin:
early 1970s: suggested by the Watergate scandal in the US, 1972.
