hinge - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hinge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hinge

[ 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.
- 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.
- One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.

2 . Hinge

[ 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.

3 . Hinge

[ v. t.]

- To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
- To bend.

Meaning of 'hinge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hinge

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend

Example in sentence:

his absence is the hinge of our plan

Nearby Words:

hin hind hindberry hindbrain hinder hinderance hindered hinderer hinderest hindering

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Hinge type
Hinge type is the type of door hinge: standard, scissor, gullwing or suicide-style.

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