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"Gate" Definition

noun

A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or conduit.
A logic gate.
A means of access: the gate to riches.
A mountain pass.
A passageway, as in an airport terminal, through which passengers proceed when boarding or leaving an airplane.

verb-transitive

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).

idiom

Get the gate Slang To be dismissed or rejected.
Give (someone) the gate Slang To discharge from a job.
Give (someone) the gate Slang To reject or jilt.

verb

To confine to a campus or dormitory.
To supply with a gate.
To control with a gate.

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