Hinge

Noun

 * 1) A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.  See also pintel.
 * 2) A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.
 * 3) A point in time, on which subsequent events depend.
 * 4)  The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution.

Synonyms

 * quartile

Derived terms

 * hinge termination
 * lower hinge
 * midhinge
 * rehinge
 * upper hinge

Verb
(hingeing is an alternative present participle. )


 * 1)  To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
 * 2)  To depend on something.
 * 3)  archaeology  The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break.
 * The flake hinged at an inclusion in the core.

Verbs for Hinge
attach with—; bind with—; hang on—; join with—; lift off—; lubricate—; manipulate on—; nail—; pin—; pivot on—; prop on—; rest on—; revolve on—; swing on—; turn on—; —groans; —supports; —unites; — yields.

Thesaurus
accrue from, ankle, arbor, arise from, articulate, articulation, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle-tree, batten, batten down, be based on, be contingent on, be dependent on, be due to, be predicated on, bolt, boundary, buckle, bud from, butt, button, cervix, clasp, cleat, climacteric, clinch, clip, closure, clutch, come from, come out of, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, convergence of events, coupling, crisis, critical juncture, critical point, crossroads, crucial period, crunch, depend, depend on, derive from, descend from, distaff, dovetail, elbow, emanate from, embrace, emerge from, emergency, ensue from, exigency, extremity, flow from, follow from, fulcrum, germinate from, gimbal, gliding joint, grow from, grow out of, gudgeon, hang, hang on, hasp, hinge on, hinged joint, hingle, hip, hitch, hook, hub, interface, issue from, jam, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knuckle, latch, lie on, lie with, link, lock, mandrel, miter, mortise, nail, nave, neck, oarlock, originate in, pass, peg, pin, pinch, pintle, pivot, pivot joint, pole, proceed from, push, rabbet, radiant, rest, rest on, rest with, revolve on, rivet, rowlock, rub, scarf, screw, seam, sew, shoulder, skewer, snap, spindle, spring from, sprout from, stand on, staple, stem from, stick, stitch, strait, suture, swivel, symphysis, tack, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, trunnion, turn, turn on, turn upon, turning point, union, wedge, weld, wrist, zipper

Etymology
henge:, from *undefined:, compare  henge-: in hengeclif:, hengen:. Akin to henge:,  henghe:,  dialectal hängel:,  Henkel:,  hon:, hangian:. More at hang.

Noun

 * Ancient Greek:
 * Arabic: مفصلة
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 鉸鏈, 铰链
 * Croatian: šarka
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Greek: (mentesés)
 * Japanese: 蝶番
 * Macedonian: шарка
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: Dobradiça
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: bisagra, gozne , charnela
 * Swedish: gångjärn
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:
 * Dutch: ,


 * Russian: решающий момент

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian:


 * Portuguese: Prender por drobradiça


 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian:


 * Portuguese: Depender de algo

Anagrams

 * neigh

Verb form
hinge


 * 1) first- and third-person singular subjunctive past of hängen