[hinj] 
noun, verb, hinged, hing⋅ing.| 1. | a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves. |
| 2. | a natural anatomical joint at which motion occurs around a transverse axis, as that of the knee or a bivalve shell. |
| 3. | that on which something is based or depends; pivotal consideration or factor. |
| 4. | 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. |
| 5. | to be dependent or contingent on, or as if on, a hinge (usually fol. by on or upon): Everything hinges on his decision. |
| 6. | to furnish with or attach by a hinge or hinges. |
| 7. | to attach as if by a hinge. |
| 8. | to make or consider as dependent upon; predicate: He hinged his action on future sales. |
hinge (hĭnj)  (click for larger image in new window) n.
v. tr.
To be contingent on a single factor; depend: This plan hinges on her approval. [Middle English henge; see konk- in Indo-European roots.] |
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.
Hinge
(Heb. tsir), that on which a door revolves. "Doors in the East turn rather on pivots than on what we term hinges. In Syria, and especially in the Hauran, there are many ancient doors, consisting of stone slabs with pivots carved out of the same piece inserted in sockets above and below, and fixed during the building of the house" (Prov. 26:14).
