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Noun gate has 4 senses

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
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
gate - total admission receipts at a sports event
--₃ is a kind of gross, revenue, receipts
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

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
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
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