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Definition of Hinge
1. Noun. A joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other.
Group relationships: Bi-fold Door, Car Door, Exterior Door, Outside Door, French Door, Gate, Swing Door, Swinging Door
Specialized synonyms: Butt Hinge, Joint Hinge, Strap Hinge, T Hinge, Tee Hinge
Generic synonyms: Joint
Terms within: Pintle
2. Verb. Attach with a hinge.
3. Noun. A circumstance upon which subsequent events depend. "His absence is the hinge of our plan"
Definition of Hinge
1. n. The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
2. v. t. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
3. v. i. To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point.
Definition of Hinge
1. to attach a jointed device [v HINGED, HINGING, HINGES]
Medical Definition of Hinge
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1. The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc, turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on. "The gate self-opened wide, On golden hinges turning." (Milton)
2. That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. "When the moon is in the hinge at East." (Creech) "Nor slept the winds . . . But rushed abroad." (Milton) Hinge joint.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hinge
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