gated

1. 1
   adjective

   Closed off by a gate or barrier so that not everyone can get in.

   Like a yard with a locked gate that only some people can open.

   They live in a gated neighborhood with a guard at the front entrance.

   The parking lot is gated, and only residents have a key.

   Similarenclosed, fenced, walled, guarded, secured

   Oppositeopen, ungated

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2. 2
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of gate. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.

   The company gated its best features behind a paid plan.

   They gated the road so that no cars could pass.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Able to be turned on or off, usually by a control signal.

   Like a faucet that only lets water out when you turn it on.

   The gated input only lets the signal through when the control line is high.

   This channel is gated, so it stays silent until something triggers it.

   Oppositeungated

4. 4
   adjective

   In coats of arms, having a gate shown in a stated color.

   Like coloring just the door of a drawing in a different color from the house.

   The painted shield showed a silver castle gated in red.

   On the family crest, the tower is gated gold.

   Oppositeungated

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