geat

See also: Geat

English

Alternative forms

gate
git

Etymology

See gate.

Noun

geat (plural geats)

The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for geat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

-gate, EGTA, ETag, GATE, Gate, e-tag, gate, geta

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Participle

geat

past participle of atten

Declension

Inflection of geat
uninflected	geat
inflected	geatte
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		geat
indefinite	m./f. sing.	geatte
	n. sing.	geat
	plural	geatte
definite		geatte
partitive		geats

Old English

Alternative forms

ġæt

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gatą. Compare Old Norse gat.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jæɑt/

Noun

ġeat n

a gate

Declension

Declension of geat (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġeat	gatu
accusative	ġeat	gatu
genitive	ġeates	gata
dative	ġeate	gatum

Descendants

Middle English: ȝeat, ȝat, ȝate, ȝet, gat, gate
- English gate; yate (dialectal)
- Scots: ȝet, ȝett, yet, yett

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