Found 3 items, similar to HINGE.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: hinge engsel, sendi
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hinge hinge n 1: a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other [syn: flexible joint] 2: a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; “his absence is the hinge of our plan” hinge v : attach with a hinge
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hinge Hinge \Hinge\, n. [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge, Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and Icel. hengja to hang. See Hang.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The gate self-opened wide, On golden hinges turning. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. [R.] [1913 Webster] When the moon is in the hinge at East. --Creech. [1913 Webster] Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Hinge joint. (a) (Anat.) See Ginglymus. (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane. To be off the hinges, to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] Hinge \Hinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinging.] 1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges. [1913 Webster] 2. To bend. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Hinge \Hinge\, 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. --I. Taylor [1913 Webster]