Hinge
noun
A hinge is a type of joint that holds two things together but allows one of them to swing back and forth.
The door hinge squeaked as it opened.
Often appears as...
- door hinge
- broken hinge
verb
If something hinges on a person, event, or detail, they are very important because this thing will not happen without them.
The success of the project hinges on the weather conditions.
Often appears as...
- hinges on success
- hinges on weather
noun
In anatomy, hinge refers to a kind of joint that allows parts of the body to bend in one direction only, like a door hinge.
The elbow is an example of a hinge joint.
Often appears as...
- hinge joint
- elbow hinge
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Technical
noun
A hinge is a type of joint that holds two things together but allows one of them to swing back and forth.
The door hinge squeaked as it opened.
Often appears as...
- door hinge
- broken hinge
verb
If something hinges on a person, event, or detail, they are very important because this thing will not happen without them.
The success of the project hinges on the weather conditions.
Often appears as...
- hinges on success
- hinges on weather
noun
In anatomy, hinge refers to a kind of joint that allows parts of the body to bend in one direction only, like a door hinge.
The elbow is an example of a hinge joint.
Often appears as...
- hinge joint
- elbow hinge
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Mechanical Function
A hinge often involves movement and provides flexibility between two solid objects.
The piano lid uses a hinge to open smoothly without being removed.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Objects
Hinges are commonly found in everyday items, making things like doors and cabinets function.
Each time you open a notebook, you're using the hinge concept.
Pro Tip 3/3Sound Association
Hinges can be associated with a distinctive creaking sound if they are not well-oiled.
She knew he had arrived because the gate's hinge creaked loudly.
Pro Tip 1/3Mechanical Function
A hinge often involves movement and provides flexibility between two solid objects.
The piano lid uses a hinge to open smoothly without being removed.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Objects
Hinges are commonly found in everyday items, making things like doors and cabinets function.
Each time you open a notebook, you're using the hinge concept.
Pro Tip 3/3Sound Association
Hinges can be associated with a distinctive creaking sound if they are not well-oiled.
She knew he had arrived because the gate's hinge creaked loudly.
Pro Tip 1/3Mechanical Function
A hinge often involves movement and provides flexibility between two solid objects.
The piano lid uses a hinge to open smoothly without being removed.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Objects
Hinges are commonly found in everyday items, making things like doors and cabinets function.
Each time you open a notebook, you're using the hinge concept.
Pro Tip 3/3Sound Association
Hinges can be associated with a distinctive creaking sound if they are not well-oiled.
She knew he had arrived because the gate's hinge creaked loudly.
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How a windmill gets...
could buy a tower separate from the turbine you could design it yourself and save a little bit of money but you really don't want to do that because if you do it wrong you get a hinge Tower which really isn't very helpful for creating electricity so now we're bringing in the nacelle this has got a gearbox and a generator in it we waste
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Meet the dazzling flying...
We recently discovered that it could be done with just one. This is the monospinner, the world's mechanically simplest controllable flying machine, invented just a few months ago. It has only one moving part, a propeller. It has no flaps, no hinges, no ailerons,
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Encountering a Deadly...
They have hinging, venomous, hypodermic needles. And those hypodermic needles, those fangs, are hooked up to venom sacs in the back of its head. And that venom is likely to be some of the most powerful in the world. I need to be incredibly cautious.
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How friendship affects...
thoughts, motivations, and points of view, and to realize that they may be different from your own. While it may seem intuitive, this ability hinges on the careful coordination of various brain regions, sometimes referred to as the social brain.
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Eating Dog PIPE National...
initiate boys into manhood the process a series of ceremonies including circumcision hinges on a sacrifice to honor their ancestors and bolster their sons courage the baser rebe kill and eat
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Eating Dogs PIPE National...
initiate boys into manhood the process a series of ceremonies including circumcision hinges on a sacrifice to honor their ancestors and bolster their sons courage the base re be kill and eat
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Explaining the Tree of...
their bodies had strengthened it by encasing it in bone a skull developed with a hinged jaw that could grab and hold onto prey they grew bigger and developed fins equipped with muscles
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Esther Perel: The...
And the pandemic gripped the world. And then the pendulum that swings between freedom and security has snapped off its hinge. There is a constant, extreme emphasis on safety
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The Messiah Before...
this Messiah and based his own life on him canola's interpretation hinges on a passage in the stone just four words long most scholars agree that the first
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An Island On the Brink...
life here hinges on solving huge problems things like deforestation water shortages and a collapsing fishery
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How a windmill gets...
could buy a tower separate from the turbine you could design it yourself and save a little bit of money but you really don't want to do that because if you do it wrong you get a hinge Tower which really isn't very helpful for creating electricity so now we're bringing in the nacelle this has got a gearbox and a generator in it we waste
Video examples
Meet the dazzling flying...
We recently discovered that it could be done with just one. This is the monospinner, the world's mechanically simplest controllable flying machine, invented just a few months ago. It has only one moving part, a propeller. It has no flaps, no hinges, no ailerons,
Video examples
Encountering a Deadly...
They have hinging, venomous, hypodermic needles. And those hypodermic needles, those fangs, are hooked up to venom sacs in the back of its head. And that venom is likely to be some of the most powerful in the world. I need to be incredibly cautious.
Video examples
How friendship affects...
thoughts, motivations, and points of view, and to realize that they may be different from your own. While it may seem intuitive, this ability hinges on the careful coordination of various brain regions, sometimes referred to as the social brain.
Video examples
Eating Dog PIPE National...
initiate boys into manhood the process a series of ceremonies including circumcision hinges on a sacrifice to honor their ancestors and bolster their sons courage the baser rebe kill and eat
Video examples
Eating Dogs PIPE National...
initiate boys into manhood the process a series of ceremonies including circumcision hinges on a sacrifice to honor their ancestors and bolster their sons courage the base re be kill and eat
Video examples
Explaining the Tree of...
their bodies had strengthened it by encasing it in bone a skull developed with a hinged jaw that could grab and hold onto prey they grew bigger and developed fins equipped with muscles
Video examples
Esther Perel: The...
And the pandemic gripped the world. And then the pendulum that swings between freedom and security has snapped off its hinge. There is a constant, extreme emphasis on safety
Video examples
The Messiah Before...
this Messiah and based his own life on him canola's interpretation hinges on a passage in the stone just four words long most scholars agree that the first
Video examples
An Island On the Brink...
life here hinges on solving huge problems things like deforestation water shortages and a collapsing fishery
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Quote examples
Isaac Hanson
American Musician
The premise of anything you do - whether it's writing a song or any business - is ultimately that it hinges heavily on your belief in the thing that you're doing and promoting and selling. It's a reflection of who you are in a very deep way.
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Sheila Heti
Canadian Writer
It's so weird how our existence hinges on just absolute crazy chance, but it feels so essential. It's like, 'Nothing would be here if you weren't here,' because you are the centre of your universe.
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Dan Chaon
American Writer
A novel requires a certain kind of world-building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense that there are hinges that the reader doesn't see.
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Huston Smith
American Theologian
The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of a new millennium is located in something deeper than particular ways of organizing political systems and economies.
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Lisa Jewell
British Author
I write in cafes, never at home. I cannot focus at home, am forever getting off my chair to do other things. In a cafe, I have to sit still, or I'll look a bit unhinged.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
You can be obsessed with the bad things people say and the good things; either way, you're obsessed with yourself, and I'm not - you can become unhinged so easily.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
American Actor
I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job.
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Gerhard Schroder
German Statesman
I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.
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Mark Leyner
American Author
I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.
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Anne Applebaum
American Journalist
Rare is the election campaign that truly hinges on a single issue.
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Isaac Hanson
American Musician
The premise of anything you do - whether it's writing a song or any business - is ultimately that it hinges heavily on your belief in the thing that you're doing and promoting and selling. It's a reflection of who you are in a very deep way.
Quote examples
Sheila Heti
Canadian Writer
It's so weird how our existence hinges on just absolute crazy chance, but it feels so essential. It's like, 'Nothing would be here if you weren't here,' because you are the centre of your universe.
Quote examples
Dan Chaon
American Writer
A novel requires a certain kind of world-building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense that there are hinges that the reader doesn't see.
Quote examples
Huston Smith
American Theologian
The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of a new millennium is located in something deeper than particular ways of organizing political systems and economies.
Quote examples
Lisa Jewell
British Author
I write in cafes, never at home. I cannot focus at home, am forever getting off my chair to do other things. In a cafe, I have to sit still, or I'll look a bit unhinged.
Quote examples
Taylor Swift
American Singer
You can be obsessed with the bad things people say and the good things; either way, you're obsessed with yourself, and I'm not - you can become unhinged so easily.
Quote examples
Philip Seymour Hoffman
American Actor
I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job.
Quote examples
Gerhard Schroder
German Statesman
I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.
Quote examples
Mark Leyner
American Author
I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.
Quote examples
Anne Applebaum
American Journalist
Rare is the election campaign that truly hinges on a single issue.
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