Gated

gate ¹  (gt)

n.

1. A structure that can be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or a passageway.

2.

a. An opening in a wall or fence for entrance or exit.

b. The structure surrounding such an opening, such as the monumental or fortified entrance to a palace or walled city.

3.

a. A means of access: the gate to riches.

b. A passageway, as in an airport terminal, through which passengers proceed when boarding or leaving an airplane.

4. A mountain pass.

5. The total paid attendance or admission receipts at a public event: a good gate at the football game.

6. A device for controlling the passage of water or gas through a dam or conduit.

7. The channel through which molten metal flows into a shaped cavity of a mold.

8. Sports A passage between two upright poles through which a skier must go in a slalom race.

9. A logic gate.

tr.v. gat·ed, gat·ing, gates

1. Chiefly British To confine (a student) to the grounds of a college as punishment.

2. Electronics To select part of (a wave) for transmission, reception, or processing by magnitude or time interval.

3. To furnish with a gate: "The entrance to the rear lawn was also gated" (Dean Koontz).

Idioms:

get the gate Slang

To be dismissed or rejected.

give (someone) the gate Slang

1. To discharge from a job.

2. To reject or jilt.

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[Middle English, from Old English geat.]

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gate ²  (gt)

n.

1. Chiefly British A particular way of acting or doing; manner.

2. Archaic A path or way.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse gata; see gh- in Indo-European roots.]