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Meaning of gates

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

gates

Pronunciation:/ɡeɪts/

noun

Definitions

  1. A doorlike structure outside a house.

  2. Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.

  3. Movable barrier.

    Example: The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.

  4. A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.

verb

Definitions

  1. To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.

  2. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.

    Synonyms:ground
  3. To open a closed ion channel.

  4. To furnish with a gate.

noun

Definitions

  1. A way, path.

  2. A journey.

  3. 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".

  4. Manner; gait.