Hinge

n.	1.
	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. The gate self-opened wide, On golden hinges turning. - Milton.
	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.
	3.	One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. When the moon is in the hinge at East. - Creech. Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad. - Milton. 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.
v. t.	1.	To attach by, or furnish with, hinges. [imp. & p. p. Hinged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinging .]
	2.	To bend.
v. i.	1.	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.

Noun	1.	hinge - a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other Synonyms: flexible joint
	2.	hinge - a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; "his absence is the hinge of our plan"
Verb	1.	hinge - attach with a hinge

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