hinge
To attach by, or equip with a hingeTo attach by, or equip with a hinge.
» The hinges are rusty.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(transitive)To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
attach with a hinge
(intransitive)To depend on something.
abhängen von
(transitive)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.
To move or already be positioned in such a fashion that it presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account.
(obsolete)To bend.
Examples
36 sentencesThe hinges are rusty.
The hinge is broken.
He hung the gate on hinges.
ruОн подвесил ворота на петли. — shanghainese
The gate was off its hinges.
ruДверь была сорвана с петель. — marafon
deDas Tor hing nicht mehr in den Angeln. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ziri repaired the garage door hinge.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English henge (“hinge”), from Old English *henġ or *henġe (“hinge”), from ProtFrom Middle English henge (“hinge”), from Old English *henġ or *henġe (“hinge”), from Proto-West Germanic *hangiju or *hangī; compare Old English *henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”). Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Low German henge (“hook, hinge, handle”), Dutch heng (“moving leaf of a hinge”), Dutch geheng (“hinge”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), hengsel (“handle”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), Henkel (“handle, hook”), Danish hængsel (“hinge”), Faroese hongsl (“hinge”), Icelandic hengsli (“hinge”), Norwegian hengsel (“hinge”), Swedish hängsle (“suspender”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), Old English hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang.
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Forms
hinges, hinging, hinged, hingedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle