Hinge
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Hinge
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1 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.
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2 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.
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3 n.
One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
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4 v. t.
To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
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5 v. t.
To bend.
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6 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.
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7 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.
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8 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.
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9 n.
One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
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10 v. t.
To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
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11 v. t.
To bend.
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12 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.