geat

See also: Geat

English

Alternative forms

• gate
• git

Etymology

See gate.

Noun

geat (plural geats)

1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Participle

geat

1. (deprecated template usage) past participle of atten

Declension

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

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Northern Sami

Pronoun

geat

1. nominative plural of gii

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ġæt

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gatą. Cognate with Old Frisian jet, Old Saxon gat, Old Dutch *gat, Old Norse gat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæ͜ɑt/

Noun

ġeat n

1. 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