meaning of hinge
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.
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.
4. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
5. To bend.
6. 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.
7. a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
Related Words
hinge | hinge joint | hinge on | hinge upon | hinged | hingeless |
