hinge
31hinge — 1 noun (C) a metal part used to fasten a door to its frame, a lid to a box etc, so that can swing open and shut 2 verb hinge on/upon sth phrasal verb (transitive not in progressive) if a result hinges on something happening, it depends on it… …
32hinge — [hɪndʒ] noun [C] I an object that fastens a door to a wall, or a lid to a container, and allows it to open and shut II verb hinge [hɪndʒ] hinge on sth …
33hinge — Ami; pu u (of pearl oyster). ♦ Door hinge, ami puka. ♦ Hinge joint, ho oku ina ami. ♦ To turn on hinges, kū ami ami …
34hinge — n. & v. n. 1 a a movable, usu. metal, joint or mechanism such as that by which a door is hung on a side post. b Biol. a natural joint performing a similar function, e.g. that of a bivalve shell. 2 a central point or principle on which everything… …
35hinge — n. [ME. heng, hinge] 1. The point of articulation of a moveable joint. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The maxilla, cardo; in mosquitoes, between the upper and lower vaginal lips. 3. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) An interlocking toothed device upon which the… …
36hinge on — verb to depend on, depend upon, be contingent upon The success of this plan hinges upon his approval. Syn: depend on See Also: hinging on, hinge upon …
37hinge — noun Hinge is used after these nouns: ↑door …
38hinge on — phr verb Hinge on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑case, ↑strategy, ↑success …
39hinge — Synonyms and related words: accrue from, ankle, arbor, arise from, articulate, articulation, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle tree, batten, batten down, be based on, be contingent on, be dependent on, be due to, be predicated… …
40hinge — [13] Hinge is generally agreed to be related to the verb hang, and to mean etymologically ‘something on which a door hangs’, but the circumstances of its formation are obscure (as indeed are the reasons for its rhyming with singe, a 16th century… …
