Hinge(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.
    
    
    
        Hinge(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.
    
    
    
        Hinge(n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or   south.
    
    
    
        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.
    
    
    
        Hinge(v. t.) To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
    
    
    
        Hinge(v. t.) To bend.
    
    
    
        Hinged(a.) Furnished with hinges.
    
    
    
        Hinged(imp. & p. p.) of Hinge
    
    
    
        Hinging(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hinge
    
    
    
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