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gate
noun
1 gate
A movable barrier in a fence or wall.
Roget 706:
prevention,
preclusion,
obstruction,
stoppage;
embolus,
embolism [Med.];
infarct [Med.];
interruption,
interception,
interclusion†;
hindrance,
impedition†;
retardment†,
retardation;
embarrassment,
oppilation†;
coarctation†,
stricture,
restriction;
restraint
etc.
751;
inhibition
etc.
761;
blockade
etc.
(closure)
261.
interference,
interposition;
obtrusion;
discouragement,
discountenance.
impediment,
let,
obstacle,
obstruction,
knot,
knag†;
check,
hitch,
contretemps,
screw loose,
grit in the oil.
bar,
stile,
barrier;
[barrier to vehicles]
turnstile,
turnpike;
gate,
portcullis.
beaver dam;
trocha†;
barricade
etc.
(defense)
717;
wall,
dead wall,
sea wall,
levee breakwater,
groyne†;
bulkhead,
block,
buffer;
stopper
etc.
263;
boom,
dam,
weir,
burrock†.
drawback,
objection;
stumbling-block,
stumbling-stone;
lion in the path,
snag;
snags and sawyers.
encumbrance,
incumbrance†;
clog,
skid,
shoe,
spoke;
drag,
drag chain,
drag weight;
stay,
stop;
preventive,
prophylactic;
load,
burden,
fardel†,
onus,
millstone round one's neck,
impedimenta;
dead weight;
lumber,
pack;
nightmare,
Ephialtes†,
incubus,
old man of the sea;
remora.
difficulty
etc.
704;
insuperable
etc.
471;
obstacle;
estoppel [Law];
ill wind;
head wind
etc.
(opposition)
708;
trammel,
tether
etc.
(means of restraint)
752;
hold back,
counterpoise.
[person who hinders]
damper,
wet blanket,
hinderer,
marplot,
killjoy;
party pooper [Coll.];
party crasher,
interloper.
trail of a red herring;
opponent
etc.
710.
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Roget 66:
beginning,
commencement,
opening,
outset,
incipience,
inception,
inchoation†;
introduction
etc.
(precursor)
64;
alpha,
initial;
inauguration,
debut,
le premier pas,
embarcation [Fr.],
rising of the curtain;
maiden speech;
outbreak,
onset,
brunt;
initiative,
move,
first move;
narrow end of the wedge,
thin end of the wedge;
fresh start,
new departure.
origin
etc.
(cause)
153;
source,
rise;
bud,
germ
etc.
153;
egg,
rudiment;
genesis,
primogenesis†,
birth,
nativity,
cradle,
infancy;
start,
inception,
creation,
starting point
etc.
293;
dawn
etc.
(morning)
125;
evolution.
title-page;
head,
heading;
van
etc.
(front)
234;
caption,
fatihah†.
entrance,
entry;
inlet,
orifice,
mouth,
chops,
lips,
porch,
portal,
portico,
propylon†,
door;
gate,
gateway;
postern,
wicket,
threshold,
vestibule;
propylaeum†;
skirts,
border
etc.
(edge)
231.
first stage,
first blush,
first glance,
first impression,
first sight.
rudiments,
elements,
outlines,
grammar,
alphabet,
ABC.
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Roget 232:
inclosure,
envelope;
case
etc.
(receptacle)
191;
wrapper;
girdle
etc.
230.
pen,
fold;
pen fold,
in fold,
sheep fold;
paddock,
pound;
corral;
yard;
net,
seine net.
wall,
hedge,
hedge row;
espalier;
fence
etc.
(defense)
717;
pale,
paling,
balustrade,
rail,
railing,
quickset hedge,
park paling,
circumvallation†,
enceinte,
ring fence.
barrier,
barricade;
gate,
gateway;
bent,
dingle [U.S.];
door,
hatch,
cordon;
prison
etc.
752.
dike,
dyke,
ditch,
fosse†,
moat.
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Roget 260:
hole,
foramen;
puncture,
perforation;
fontanel†;
transforation†;
pinhole,
keyhole,
loophole,
porthole,
peephole,
mousehole,
pigeonhole;
eye of a needle;
eyelet;
slot.
opening;
aperture,
apertness†;
hiation†,
yawning,
oscitancy†,
dehiscence,
patefaction†,
pandiculation†;
chasm
etc.
(interval)
198.
embrasure,
window,
casement;
abatjour†;
light;
sky light,
fan light;
lattice;
bay window,
bow window;
oriel [Arch.];
dormer,
lantern.
outlet,
inlet;
vent,
vomitory;
embouchure;
orifice,
mouth,
sucker,
muzzle,
throat,
gullet,
weasand†,
wizen,
nozzle;
placket.
portal,
porch,
gate,
ostiary†,
postern,
wicket,
trapdoor,
hatch,
door;
arcade;
cellarway†,
driveway,
gateway,
doorway,
hatchway,
gangway;
lich gate†.
way,
path
etc.
627;
thoroughfare;
channel;
passage,
passageway;
tube,
pipe;
water pipe
etc.
350;
air pipe
etc.
351;
vessel,
tubule,
canal,
gut,
fistula;
adjutage†,
ajutage†;
ostium†;
smokestack;
chimney,
flue,
tap,
funnel,
gully,
tunnel,
main;
mine,
pit,
adit†,
shaft;
gallery.
alley,
aisle,
glade,
vista.
bore,
caliber;
pore;
blind orifice;
fulgurite†,
thundertube†.
porousness,
porosity.
sieve,
cullender†,
colander;
cribble†,
riddle,
screen;
honeycomb.
apertion†,
perforation;
piercing
etc.
v.;
terebration†,
empalement†,
pertusion†,
puncture,
acupuncture,
penetration.
key
etc.
631,
opener,
master key,
password,
combination,
passe-partout.
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Dutch: gate, poort, hek, overwegboom, spoorboom, toegangshek
Polish: brama
2 gate
A computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs.
synonym: logic gate.
3 gate
Total admission receipts at a sports event.
4 gate
Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
verb
1 gate
2 gate
Control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate.
3 gate
Restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment.
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