gate

1. n. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed. Source: opted

2. n. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit. Source: opted

3. n. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc. Source: opted

4. n. The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might. Source: opted

5. n. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into. Source: opted

6. n. The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate. Source: opted

7. n. The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Source: opted

8. v. t. To supply with a gate. Source: opted

9. v. t. To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual. Source: opted

10. n. A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate). Source: opted

11. n. Manner; gait. Source: opted

12. n. a movable barrier in a fence or wall Source: wordnet

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