Hinge

Definition:

  • (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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
  • (v. t.) To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
  • (v. t.) To bend.
  • (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.

Compare hinge with other words:

hinge vs. tinge

hinge vs. minge

hinge vs. whinge

hinge vs. singe

binge vs. hinge

hinge vs. latch

axis vs. hinge

harre vs. hinge

hinge vs. hingeless

hinge vs. rely

hinge vs. shaft

hinge vs. pan

hinge vs. unhinge

cardo vs. hinge

hinge vs. pintle

fora vs. hinge

bonnet vs. hinge

hinge vs. tankard

bushing vs. hinge

hinge vs. knap

bend vs. hinge

core vs. hinge

feathered vs. hinge

distal vs. hinge

archaeology vs. hinge

depend vs. hinge

equip vs. hinge

attach vs. hinge

hinge vs. quartile

event vs. hinge

hinge vs. subsequent

album vs. hinge

affix vs. hinge

hinge vs. paper

hinge vs. rectangle

gum vs. hinge

fold vs. hinge

door vs. hinge

hinge vs. pivot

flexible vs. hinge

hinge vs. hood

diptych vs. hinge

articulate vs. hinge

hinge vs. umbo

hinge vs. hinged

hinge vs. joint

hinge vs. temple

handcuffs vs. hinge