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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Hinge
     (Heb. tsir), that on which a door revolves. "Doors in the East
     turn rather on pivots than on what we term hinges. In Syria, and
     especially in the Hauran, there are many ancient doors,
     consisting of stone slabs with pivots carved out of the same
     piece inserted in sockets above and below, and fixed during the
     building of the house" (Prov. 26:14).

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Hinge \Hinge\, n. [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge,
     Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and
     Icel. hengja to hang. See Hang.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The gate self-opened wide,
              On golden hinges turning.             --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or
        south. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When the moon is in the hinge at East. --Creech.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Hinge \Hinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hinging.]
     1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To bend. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Hinge \Hinge\, 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. --I. Taylor
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hinge \Hinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hinging.]
     1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
  
     2. To bend. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hinge \Hinge\, 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. --I. Taylor

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hinge \Hinge\, n. [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge,
     Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and
     Icel. hengja to hang. See Hang.]
     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. [R.]
  
              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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  hinge
       n 1: a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing
            relative to the other [syn: flexible joint]
       2: a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; "his
          absence is the hinge of our plan"
       v : attach with a hinge

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hinge
     Αγγλικά n.
     ο μεντεσές της πόρτας, ο ρεζές, η κλάπα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hinge
     Estonian n.
     1 (noun form of et hing  gen s)
     2 (noun form of et hing  par s)
     3 (noun form of et hing  ill s)
     German vb.
     (verb form of de hängen  1//3 s sub II)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm henge)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Hinge
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  hinge
     n.
     1 A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door
  etc.
     2 A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or
  action, as in the shell of a bivalve.
     3 A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing
  postage stamps in an album.
     4 A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or
  events depend.
     5 (lb en statistics) The median of the upper or lower half of a
  batch, sample, or probability distribution.
     6 One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
     7 A movement that presents itself as rotation when an off-centre
  fixed point is take into account.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
     {lb|en|intransitive|with+(m+en+on)+or+(m+en+upon)" rel="nofollow">2 {lb|en|intransitive|with (m en on) or (m en upon) To depend on
  something.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Hinge
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  hinge
     Estonian n.
     1 (noun form of et hing  gen s)
     2 (noun form of et hing  par s)
     3 (noun form of et hing  ill s)
     German vb.
     (verb form of de hängen  1//3 s sub II)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm henge)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Hinge
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  hinge
     Estonian n.
     1 (noun form of et hing  gen s)
     2 (noun form of et hing  par s)
     3 (noun form of et hing  ill s)
     German vb.
     (verb form of de hängen  1//3 s sub II)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm henge)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Hinge
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hinge
     Saksa vb.
     (de-v-taivm konjiy1 hängen merk=roikkua)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hinge
     Engelska n.
     1 gångjärn
     2 (tagg bildligt språk=en) springande punkt

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Hinge /hˈɪndʒ/
  المفصلة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  hinge //ˈhɪnd͡ʒ// 
  панта
  device for the pivoting of a door

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  hinge /hˈɪndʒ/ 
  pant

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  hinge /hˈɪndʒ/ 
  závěs

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  hinge /hˈɪndʒ/ 
  záležet

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  hinge /hˈɪndʒ/ 
  colfachu