A jointed or flexible device that allows the turning or pivoting of a part, such as a door or lid, on a stationary frame.
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A point or circumstance on which subsequent events depend.
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A similar structure or part, such as one that enables the valves of a bivalve mollusk to open and close.
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A small folded paper rectangle gummed on one side, used especially to fasten stamps in an album.
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A jointed or flexible device on which a door, lid, or other swinging part turns.
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verb-transitive
To attach by or equip with or as if with hinges or a hinge.
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To consider or make (something) dependent on something else; predicate: "convenient and misleading fictions for hinging an argument” ( Stephen Jay Gould).
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verb-intransitive
To be contingent on a single factor; depend: This plan hinges on her approval.
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verb
To be contingent on a single consideration or point .
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To attach by or furnish with .
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