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hinge English

Meaning hinge meaning

What does hinge mean?
Definitions in simple English

hinge Noun

— A hinge is a small metal thing that holds a door to the wall and bends to let the door move. The door hinges made a squeaking noise as it opened.

hinge Verb

— If something hinges on something, it depends on it. My decision hinges on the results of the survey. — If you hinge something, it means you put a hinge on it. The lid of the jewelry box was hinged with leather strips. John hinged the jewelry box with leather strips.

hinge

— noun a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other — noun a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend his absence is the hinge of our plan — verb attach with a hinge

Synonyms hinge synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as hinge?

hinge English » English

joint pivot flexible joint door hinge depend articulation veer unsound knot turning point turn round swivel joint swivel swing joint strap joint spondyl rabbet pin joint obvert node movable joint loop knuckle-joint hinges hinge line harrow gudgeon depend on articulatio articulate

Topics hinge topics

What do people use hinge to talk about?
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Door
Work and occupation Tool

Fastening tool

Conjugation hinge conjugation

How do you conjugate hinge?

hinge · verb

Examples hinge examples

How do I use hinge in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

Fellas, I think we looked a little jerky when our new CO got his first hinge at us.
Give me a hinge.
The gate seems to be off the hinge.
Courtney, your brother says I didn't tell him to fix that hinge, so I told you.
It's very clever. He places the knife above the door hinge.
Have you ever thought about how life can hinge on the smallest thing?
Hinge the cigar box onto the missile.
And he will be the hinge, so to speak, in a series of left obliques.
And we're ordering our components, like hinge rods and clips, not from our Singapore supplier but from someone who's a lot cheaper but also less reliable.
All of which hinge on my testimony.
Do you understand that the economic fate of nations may hinge on this meeting?
She is saying that if I take this plea to trial the verdict will hinge on the shrink the jury finds more credible.
Okay. There should be a hinge here somewhere and a lever.
Hinge.
Get your head off that hinge.
I must oil that hinge.
The hinge is blocked.
Sometimes, all it is is a misplaced air scoop or maybe a loose bolt in the elevator hinge or. once in a blue moon, a pilot with a psychosis.
Your gate is off the hinge.
I'll hinge it and spring-load the hinges so it'll move at a touch.
Does it hinge or something?
But a creaking hinge of rusted hope.
He placed the knife above the door hinge.
Maybe the hinge.
My plans hinge on that bomb going off.
I'll have the first hinge off in a minute.
I'm working on the second hinge.
Make me to see't or prove it that the probation bear no hinge nor loop to hang a doubt on or woe upon thy life!
Instead of which, it must be moving like a hinge.
And I realized. if you put the head on a hinge, just a little wooden dowel. then the beak would peck at the ground when it pulls forward.
It's the hinge, innit.
Make me a hinge. Yes, sir.
So the man can turn out a hinge in less than a minute.
She is saying that if I take this plea to trial the verdict is going to hinge on whose shrink the jury finds more credible.
Jerry, are you okay with this hinge?

News and current affairs

Furthermore, the country on which this increase will most likely hinge is Iraq.
Presidents' futures - their ability to win re-election, to accomplish other policy goals, and to leave a respectable legacy - hinge on the economy's strength.
European security is hinged on Serbian integration, just as Serbian aspirations hinge on the EU.
Syria is a strategic hinge in the Middle East.
Whether this becomes a systemic issue affecting the entire global economy will hinge on China.
The issues are subtle, because they hinge on what future governments may do.
The fate of the country may not hinge on Saleh, a crafty veteran who knows that his career is over.
In the longer term, however, South Korea's prospects hinge largely on the labor force.
But prospects for a deal will hinge on resolving three broad issues.
But, while the French election's outcome will hinge to a crucial extent on European crisis politics, Germany's government acts as if this were none of its concern.

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