- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To bend.
- (n.) 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.
- (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.
- (n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north or south.
- (v.t.) To attach by or furnish with, hinges.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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