a piece of metal, plastic, etc. on which a door, lid or gate moves freely as it opens or closes:
The door had been pulled off its hinges.
verb [VN] [usuallypassive] to attach sth with a hinge
hinged adjective:
a hinged door / lid
PHRASALVERBS
hinge on / upon sth (of an action, a result, etc.) to depend on sth completely:
Everything hinges on the outcome of these talks. * [+wh-] His success hinges on how well he does at the interview.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for hinge is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is hinge a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hinge is tagged as noun.
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