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Meaning of gates
noun
- A doorlike structure outside a house.
- Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
- Movable barrier. Example: The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.
- A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
- The gap between a batsman's bat and pad. Example: Singh was bowled through the gate, a very disappointing way for a world-class batsman to get out.
verb
- To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
- To open a closed ion channel.
- To furnish with a gate.
- To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.
noun
- A way, path.
- A journey.
- A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
- Manner; gait.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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