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GATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A movable barrier in a fence or wall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gate" is a kind of...):

movable barrier (a barrier that can be moved to allow passage)

Meronyms (parts of "gate"):

lock (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)

flexible joint; hinge (a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gate"):

wicket; wicket door; wicket gate (small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door))

turnstile (a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering)

turnpike ((from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid)

tollbar; tollgate (a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid)

tail gate (a gate downstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end)

tailboard; tailgate (a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading)

postern (a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle)

portcullis (gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage)

lichgate; lychgate (a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals)

lock-gate (a gate that can be locked)

head gate (a gate upstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end)

Instance hyponyms:

Dipylon; Dipylon gate (a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found)

Derivation:

gate (supply with a gate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs

Synonyms:

gate; logic gate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gate" is a kind of...):

computer circuit (a circuit that is part of a computer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gate"):

AND circuit; AND gate (a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire)

NAND circuit; NAND gate (a logic gate that produces an output that is the inverse of the output of an AND gate)

OR circuit; OR gate (a gate circuit in a computer that fires when any of its inputs fire)

X-OR circuit; XOR circuit; XOR gate (gate for exclusive OR; a circuit in a computer that fires only if only one of its inputs fire)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gate" is a kind of...):

passageway (a passage between rooms or between buildings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gate"):

arrival gate (gate where passengers disembark)

departure gate (gate where passengers embark)

Holonyms ("gate" is a part of...):

air terminal; airport terminal (a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Total admission receipts at a sports event

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("gate" is a kind of...):

gross; receipts; revenue (the entire amount of income before any deductions are made)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "gate" is one way to...):

bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "gate" is one way to...):

control; operate (handle and cause to function)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Supply with a gate

Example:

The house was gated

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "gate" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Domain category:

architecture (the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gate (a movable barrier in a fence or wall)

Credits

 Context examples: 

In addition, dextropropoxyphene closes N-type voltage-gated calcium channels and opens calcium-dependent inwardly rectifying potassium channels.

(Dextropropoxyphene Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This forms a gated channel, allowing ions—such as calcium—to enter the nerve cell.

(Structure of receptor involved in brain disorders, NIH)

A specific type of protein in the AFD neurons, known as a TAX-4 cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel, was required for magnetic orientation and vertical migration.

(Magnetic Field Sensor Unearthed in Worms, NIH)

A double carriage-sweep, with a snow-clad lawn, stretched down in front to two large iron gates which closed the entrance.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes and the Inspector led us round it until we came to the side gate, which is separated by a stretch of garden from the hedge which lines the road.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had loved poetry for beauty's sake; but since he met her the gates to the vast field of love-poetry had been opened wide.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

To us for ever are the gates of heaven shut; for who shall open them to us again?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The smith, after several attempts, made the smallest that ever was seen among them, for I have known a larger at the gate of a gentleman’s house in England.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The four travelers walked up to the great gate of Emerald City and rang the bell.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

The process of moving proteins from one cellular compartment to another by various sorting and transport mechanisms such as gated transport, protein translocation, and vesicular transport.

(Intracellular Protein Transport, NCI Thesaurus)