Gate

GATE

-noun

1. a movable barrier, usually hinged, for closing an opening in a wall, fence, etc.

2. an opening to allow passage into or out of an enclosed place

3. any means of entrance or access

4. a mountain pass or gap, especially one providing entry into another country or region

5.

a. the number of people admitted to a sporting event or entertainment

b. the total entrance money received from them

6. (in a large airport) any of the numbered exits leading to the airfield or aircraft

7. (horse racing) . short for starting gate

8. electronics

a. a logic circuit having one or more input terminals and one output terminal, the output being switched between two voltage levels determined by the combination of input signals

b. a circuit used in radar that allows only a fraction of the input signal to pass

9. the electrode region or regions in a field-effect transistor that is biased to control the conductivity of the channel between the source and drain

10. a component in a motion-picture camera or projector that holds each frame flat and momentarily stationary behind the lens

11. a slotted metal frame that controls the positions of the gear lever in a motor vehicle

12. rowing a hinged clasp to prevent the oar from jumping out of a rowlock

13. a frame surrounding the blade or blades of a saw

-verb (trans.)

14. to provide with a gate or gates

15. (British) to restrict (a student) to the school or college grounds as a punishment

16. to select (part of a waveform) in terms of amplitude or time

-noun (dialect)

1. the channels by which molten metal is poured into a mould

2. the metal that solidifies in such channels

-noun (Scottish and Northern England dialect)

1. a way, road, street, or path

2. a way or method of doing something

Hercules keeps watch

Over the gate to nothing

Forgotten hero freezing

His handsome buttocks

In the morning chill