Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of hinge is as below...

Door :: Door (n.) The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened..

Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca..

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..

Beak :: Beak (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve..

Blind :: Blind (n.) Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.

Heelpost :: Heelpost (n.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged.

Harre :: Harre (n.) A hinge.

Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges..

Hinge :: 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..

But :: But (v. t.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge..

Wing-shell :: Wing-shell (n.) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing..

Verticle :: Verticle (n.) An axis; hinge; a turning point.

Anodon :: Anodon (n.) A genus of fresh-water bivalves, having no teeth at the hinge..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact..

Unhingement :: Unhingement (n.) The act unhinging, or the state of being unhinged..

Whinge :: Whinge (v. i.) To whine.

Hinged :: Hinged (imp. & p. p.) of Hing.

Hinge :: Hinge (v. t.) To attach by, or furnish with, hinges..

Unhinge :: Unhinge (v. t.) To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door..

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..

Random Fonts

Most Popular