gatt
- n a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas
gaucheness
- n an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
gates
- n United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
- n a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- n a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
- n total admission receipts at a sports event
- n passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
- v supply with a gate
- v control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
- v restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
gates of the arctic national park
- n a large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier
gateway drug
- n a habit-forming drug that is not addictive but its use may lead to the use of other addictive drugs
gateway to the west
- n the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century
gather
- n sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching
- n the act of gathering something
- v assemble or get together
gather some stones - v collect in one place
Let's gather in the dining room - v collect or gather
- v conclude from evidence
I gather you have not done your homework - v draw together into folds or puckers
- v get people together
gather the close family members - v draw and bring closer
she gathered her shawl around her shoulders - v look for (food) in nature
Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall - v increase or develop
the car gathers speed
gathered skirt
- n a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist