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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
hinge
n 1: a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing
relative to the other [syn: hinge, flexible joint]
2: a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; "his
absence is the hinge of our plan"
v 1: attach with a hinge
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hinge \Hinge\, n. [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge,
Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and
Icel. hengja to hang. See Hang.]
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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.
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The gate self-opened wide,
On golden hinges turning. --Milton.
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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.
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3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or
south. [R.]
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When the moon is in the hinge at East. --Creech.
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Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad.
--Milton.
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Hinge joint.
(a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus.
(b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two
pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning
in one plane.
To be off the hinges, to be in a state of disorder or
irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment. --Tillotson.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hinge \Hinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hinging.]
1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
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2. To bend. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hinge \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. --I. Taylor
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5. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
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).
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Thesaurus Results for Hinge:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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