HINGE
\hˈɪnd͡ʒ], \hˈɪndʒ], \h_ˈɪ_n_dʒ]\
Definitions of HINGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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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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One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
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To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
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To bend.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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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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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One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
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To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
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To bend.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To bend.
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The joints or hooks on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turn or swing; the joint of an oyster or similar shell; that on which anything depends or turns.
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To furnish with a hinge.
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To turn or depend as on a hinge.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The hook or joint on which a door or lid hangs: that on which anything depends or turns.
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To furnish with hinges: to bend.
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To hang or turn as on a hinge:-pr.p. hinging; pa.p. hinged'.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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