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hinge
[ hinj ]
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.
Synonyms: , , ,
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.
hinge
/ ³óɪ²Ô»åÏô /
noun
- 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
- anatomy a type of joint, such as the knee joint, that moves only backwards and forwards; a joint that functions in only one plane Technical nameginglymus
- a similar structure in invertebrate animals, such as the joint between the two halves of a bivalve shell
- something on which events, opinions, etc, turn
- Also calledmount philately a small thin transparent strip of gummed paper for affixing a stamp to a page
verb
- tr to attach or fit a hinge to (something)
- intr; usually foll by on or upon to depend (on)
- intr to hang or turn on or as if on a hinge
Derived Forms
- ˈ³ó¾±²Ô²µ±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
- hinged, adjective
- ˈ³ó¾±²Ô²µ±ðËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó¾±²Ô²µ±ðl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ³ó¾±²Ô²µ±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
- °ù±ð·³ó¾±²Ô²µ±ð verb (used with object) rehinged rehinging
- ·É±ð±ô±ô-³ó¾±²Ô²µ±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hinge1
Example Sentences
It hinges in part on claims Trump has made for years — without evidence — that fraud is rampant in American elections and that voting by noncitizen immigrants is a major problem.
His queerness is a welcome afterthought, divergent from a spate of gay homecoming films that hinge their narratives on a character’s struggle to come out or be themselves around their family.
In one of his first interviews since being expelled from the US, Rasool added: "I'm saying when a piece of wood has a hinge, you begin to suspect it's a door."
But the rest of the season now hinges entirely on how USC adjusts to her absence.
"North Korea is hinging very clearly on a drone future for its military," he told the BBC.
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