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Hinged

[hinj]

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noun

a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.

a natural anatomical joint at which motion occurs around a transverse axis, as that of the knee or a bivalve shell.

that on which something is based or depends; pivotal consideration or factor.

Also called mount. Philately. a gummed sticker for affixing a stamp to a page of an album, so folded as to form a hinge, allowing the stamp to be raised to reveal the text beneath.

verb (used without object)

to be dependent or contingent on, or as if on, a hinge (usually followed by on or upon): Everything hinges on his decision.

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verb (used with object)

to furnish with or attach by a hinge or hinges.

to attach as if by a hinge.

to make or consider as dependent upon; predicate: He hinged his action on future sales.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English henge; cognate with Low German heng(e), Middle Dutch henge hinge; akin to hang

Related forms

hinge·less, adjective

hinge·like, adjective

re·hinge, verb (used with object), -hinged, -hing·ing.

well-hinged, adjective

Synonyms
5. rest, swing, pivot, depend.

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World English Dictionary

hinge (hɪndʒ)

—n
1.	a device for holding together two parts such that one can swing relative to the other, typically having two interlocking metal leaves held by a pin about which they pivot
2.	anatomy Technical name: ginglymus a type of joint, such as the knee joint, that moves only backwards and forwards; a joint that functions in only one plane
3.	a similar structure in invertebrate animals, such as the joint between the two halves of a bivalve shell
4.	something on which events, opinions, etc, turn
5.	philately Also called: mount a small thin transparent strip of gummed paper for affixing a stamp to a page

—vb
6.	(tr) to attach or fit a hinge to (something)
7.	(intr; usually foll by on or upon) to depend (on)
8.	(intr) to hang or turn on or as if on a hinge

[C13: probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch henge; see hang]

hinged

—*adj*

'hingeless

—*adj*

'hingelike

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

hinge

c.1300, "the axis of the earth;" late 14c. as "movable joint of a gate or door," not found in O.E., cognate with M.Du. henghe "hook, handle," M.L.G. henge "hinge;" all derived from the root of the verb hang on notion of the thing from which a door hangs.

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Medical Dictionary

hinge (hĭnj)
n.
A jointed or flexible device that allows the turning or pivoting of a part, such as a door or lid, on a stationary frame.

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