gate in Kashmiri कॉशुर
gate in Sindhi سنڌي
gate in English
- gate⇄-gate
(combining form.) a scandal associated with ______, as in ?Hollywoodgate, Lancegate:
Ex. The continually expanding scandal over the Park regime's influence peddling on Capitol Hill has already been called a ""Koreagate"" (Manchester Guar - gate⇄adj. gateless, gatelike.
- gate⇄expr. crash the gate, (Slang.) to attend a game or other entertainment without paying the admission fee or having a ticket.
Ex. The manager of the theatre stationed a guard in the lobby to prevent people from crashing the gate. - gate⇄expr. get the gate, (Slang.) to be dismissed.
Ex. Plant managers, vice presidents, presidents, even board chairmen occasionally are getting the gate (Wall Street Journal). - gate⇄expr. give (a person) the gate, (Slang.) to dismiss.
Ex. I guess his girl has given him the gate (P. Marks). - gate⇄gate (1), noun, verb, gated,gating.
- gate⇄gate (2), noun.
1. the opening or channel through which the molten metal is poured into a mold; runner.
2. the waste piece of metal cast in it. - gate⇄gate (3), noun.
1. (Scottish.) a street (now retained only locally in street names, as in ?Kirkgate and ?Gallowgate).
2. (Archaic.) a way of going; path.
3. (Archaic.) a way of behaving; peculiar habit. - gate⇄noun 1. a movable frame or door to close an opening in a wall or fence. It turns on hinges or slides open and shut.
Ex. The children liked to swing on the garden gate.
2. an opening in a wall or fence where a gate is; gateway.
Ex. The - gate⇄v.t. (British.) to punish (a student) by confinement to the grounds of a school.
Ex. The Dean gated him for a fortnight (Thomas Hughes).