A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or conduit.
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A logic gate.
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A means of access: the gate to riches.
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A mountain pass.
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A passageway, as in an airport terminal, through which passengers proceed when boarding or leaving an airplane.
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verb-transitive
Chiefly British To confine (a student) to the grounds of a college as punishment.
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Electronics To select part of (a wave) for transmission, reception, or processing by magnitude or time interval.
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To furnish with a gate: "The entrance to the rear lawn was also gated” ( Dean Koontz).
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idiom
Get the gate Slang To be dismissed or rejected.
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Give (someone) the gate Slang To discharge from a job.
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Give (someone) the gate Slang To reject or jilt.
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verb
To confine to a campus or dormitory.
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To supply with a gate.
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To control with a gate.
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