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hinge

   [hinj] noun, verb, hinged, hing·ing.
noun
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.
verb (used without object)
5.
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)
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.
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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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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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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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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