Noun gate has 4 senses
  1. gate - a door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall
    --1 is a kind of
    movable barrier
    --1 has parts: hinge, flexible joint; lock
    --1 has particulars:
     head gate; lock-gate; lychgate, lichgate; portcullis; postern; tailgate, tailboard; tail gate; tollgate, tollbar; turnpike; turnstile; wicket, wicket door, wicket gate; Dipylon gate, Dipylon
    Derived form: verb gate1
  2. gate, logic gate - a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
    --2 is a kind of computer circuit
    --2 has particulars:
     AND circuit, AND gate; NAND circuit, NAND gate; OR circuit, OR gate; X-OR circuit, XOR circuit, XOR gate
  3. gate - total admission receipts at a sports event
    --3 is a kind of
    gross, revenue, receipts
  4. gate - passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
    --4 is a kind of
    passageway
    --4 is a part of air terminal, airport terminal
    --4 has particulars: arrival gate; departure gate
,Verb gate has 3 senses
  1. gate - supply with a gate; "The house was gated"
    --1 is one way to
    supply, provide, render, furnish
    Derived form: noun gate1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. gate - control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
    --2 is one way to
    operate, control
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. gate - restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
    --3 is one way to
    restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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