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hinge

UK/ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/ US/ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/ uncommon obsolete
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other

Synonyms
2.

a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend

  • “his absence is the hinge of our plan”

verb

1.

attach with a hinge

Origin

From Middle English henge (“hinge”), from Old English *henġ or *henġe (“hinge”), from Proto-West Germanic *hangiju or *hangī; compare Old English *henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”). Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Low German henge (“hook, hinge, handle”), Dutch heng (“moving leaf of a hinge”), Dutch geheng (“hinge”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), hengsel (“handle”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), Henkel (“handle, hook”), Danish hængsel (“hinge”), Faroese hongsl (“hinge”), Icelandic hengsli (“hinge”), Norwegian hengsel (“hinge”), Swedish hängsle (“suspender”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), Old English hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang.

Phrases

  • alpha hinge
  • butt hinge
  • delta hinge
  • door hinge
  • flapping hinge
  • H hinge
  • hinge joint
  • hinge upon
  • hinge-back tortoise

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