"hinge" meaning in English

See hinge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/ Audio: en-us-hinge.ogg [US] Forms: hinges [plural]
enPR: hĭnj Rhymes: -ɪndʒ Etymology: From Middle English henge, from Old English *henġ (“hinge”), compare Old English henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”), from Proto-West Germanic *hangiju. Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Dutch heng (“door handle”), Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), geheng (“hinge”), hengsel (“handle”), Danish hængsel (“hinge”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), German Henkel (“handle, hook”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|henge}} Middle English henge, {{inh|en|ang|*henġ||hinge}} Old English *henġ (“hinge”), {{cog|ang|henġe-}} Old English henġe-, {{m|ang|henġeclif||overhanging cliff}} henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), {{m|ang|henġen||hanging; that upon which a thing is hung}} henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*hangiju}} Proto-West Germanic *hangiju, {{m|sco|heenge||hinge}} heenge (“hinge”), {{cog|stq|Hänge||hinge}} Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), {{m|nl|heng||door handle}} heng (“door handle”), {{cog|nds|henge||a hook, hinge, handle}} Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”), {{cog|dum|henghe|henghe, hanghe|a hook, hinge, handle}} Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”), {{m|sco|hingel||any attachment by which something is hung or fastened}} hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), {{cog|nl|hengel||hook}} Dutch hengel (“hook”), {{m|nl|geheng||hinge}} geheng (“hinge”), {{m|nl|hengsel||handle}} hengsel (“handle”), {{cog|da|hængsel||hinge}} Danish hængsel (“hinge”), {{cog|de|Hängel||hook, joint}} German Hängel (“hook, joint”), {{cog|de|Henkel||handle, hook}} German Henkel (“handle, hook”), {{cog|ang|hōn||to hang}} Old English hōn (“to hang”), {{m|ang|hangian||to cause to hang, hang up}} hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hinge (plural hinges)
  1. A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc. Synonyms (device upon which a door hangs): har Meronyms (device upon which a door hangs): pintel Translations (device for the pivoting of a door): skarnier (Afrikaans), menteshë [feminine] (Albanian), çivi [feminine] (Albanian), angërr [feminine] (Albanian), στρόφιγξ (stróphinx) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), γίγγλυμος (gínglumos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), مُفَصَّلَة (mufaṣṣala) [feminine] (Arabic), بزاڭرة (bazāgra) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), عَزْقَة (ʕazʔa) [North-Levantine-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), ծխնի (cxni) (Armenian), gontza (Basque), панта (panta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), frontissa [feminine] (Catalan), 鉸鏈 (Chinese Mandarin), 铰链 (jiǎoliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 折頁 (Chinese Mandarin), 折页 (zhéyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 合頁 (Chinese Mandarin), 合页 (héyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 活頁 (Chinese Mandarin), 活页 (huóyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 合葉 (Chinese Mandarin), 合叶 (héyè) (Chinese Mandarin), pant [masculine] (Czech), hængsel [neuter] (Danish), scharnier [neuter] (Dutch), hengsel [neuter] (Dutch), har [feminine] (Dutch), ĉarniro (Esperanto), sarana (Finnish), gond [masculine] (French), charnière [feminine] (French), gonzo [masculine] (Galician), porlón [masculine] (Galician), palmela [feminine] (Galician), couce [masculine] (Galician), golfón [masculine] (Galician), ანჯამა (anǯama) (Georgian), Angel [feminine] (German), Scharnier [neuter] (German), Türband (German), Ange [Alemannic-German, feminine] (German), μεντεσές (mentesés) [masculine] (Greek), चूल (cūl) (Hindi), कुलाबा (kulābā) (Hindi), द्वारसन्धि (dvārsandhi) (Hindi), pánt (Hungarian), zsanér (Hungarian), hjara [feminine] (Icelandic), engsel (Indonesian), inse [masculine] (Irish), tuisle [masculine] (Irish), cerniera (Italian), cardine [masculine] (Italian), 蝶番 (chōtsugai) (alt: ちょうつがい) (Japanese), ត្រចៀក (trɑɑciək) (Khmer), ត្រចៀកទ្វារ (trɑɑciək tviə) (Khmer), 경첩 (gyeongcheop) (Korean), ບານພັບ (bān phap) (Lao), cardō [masculine] (Latin), шарка (šarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), engsel (Malay), ċappetta [feminine] (Maltese), kauhuri (Maori), kaurori (Maori), henge (Middle English), gemow (Middle English), hengel (Middle English), herre (Middle English), hengsel [common-gender] (Norwegian), heorra [masculine] (Old English), منتشه (menteşe) (Ottoman Turkish), رزه (reze) (Ottoman Turkish), لولا (lowlâ) (Persian), zawias [masculine] (Polish), dobradiça (Portuguese), balama [feminine] (Romanian), șarnieră [feminine] (Romanian), țâțână [feminine] (Romanian), пе́тля (pétlja) [feminine] (Russian), петля́ (petljá) [feminine] (Russian), шарни́р (šarnír) [masculine] (Russian), bann [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), šarka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bisagra [feminine] (Spanish), gozne [masculine] (Spanish), charnela [feminine] (Spanish), quicio [masculine] (Spanish), bawaba (Swahili), gångjärn [neuter] (Swedish), bisagra (Tagalog), บานพับ (baan-páp) (Thai), བཀབ་སྦྱར (bkab sbyar) (Tibetan), menteşe (Turkish), заві́са (zavísa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), шарні́р (šarnír) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bản lề (Vietnamese), fleged (Volapük), flitche [feminine] (Walloon), viertire [feminine] (Walloon), colyn [masculine] (Welsh), colfach [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-noun-9DU15m-W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16 Disambiguation of 'device upon which a door hangs': 65 3 8 4 4 3 6 7 Disambiguation of 'device upon which a door hangs': 66 3 8 4 4 3 5 7 Disambiguation of 'device for the pivoting of a door': 85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1
  2. A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve.
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-noun-MJuFwYML
  3. A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-noun-9SHz66Vi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16
  4. A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend. Translations (point in time, on which subsequent events depend): klíčový okamžik [masculine] (Czech), keerpunt (Dutch), hoeksteen (Dutch), käännekohta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-noun-BYg2J2rt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16 Disambiguation of 'point in time, on which subsequent events depend': 0 0 1 95 1 1 2 1
  5. (statistics) The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution. Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-noun-7DfFFPc0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  6. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-noun-ompZL6uO
  7. A movement that presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account.
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-noun-fx1ylZL~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16
  8. In polyamory, a person connected emotionally or sexually to two others who are not connected to each other. Synonyms: swing
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-noun-7XPc~J5C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quartile [statistics, mathematics, sciences]
Derived forms: alpha hinge, butt hinge, delta hinge, door hinge, flapping hinge, H hinge, hingeable, hingeback, hinge joint, hinge line, hingeline, hinge of Africa, hinge on, hinge termination, jonbar hinge, living hinge, lower hinge, midhinge, off one's hinge, rehinge, upper hinge

Verb

IPA: /ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/ Audio: en-us-hinge.ogg [US] Forms: hinges [present, singular, third-person], hinging [participle, present], hingeing [participle, present], hinged [participle, past], hinged [past]
enPR: hĭnj Rhymes: -ɪndʒ Etymology: From Middle English henge, from Old English *henġ (“hinge”), compare Old English henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”), from Proto-West Germanic *hangiju. Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Dutch heng (“door handle”), Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), geheng (“hinge”), hengsel (“handle”), Danish hængsel (“hinge”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), German Henkel (“handle, hook”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|henge}} Middle English henge, {{inh|en|ang|*henġ||hinge}} Old English *henġ (“hinge”), {{cog|ang|henġe-}} Old English henġe-, {{m|ang|henġeclif||overhanging cliff}} henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), {{m|ang|henġen||hanging; that upon which a thing is hung}} henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*hangiju}} Proto-West Germanic *hangiju, {{m|sco|heenge||hinge}} heenge (“hinge”), {{cog|stq|Hänge||hinge}} Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), {{m|nl|heng||door handle}} heng (“door handle”), {{cog|nds|henge||a hook, hinge, handle}} Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”), {{cog|dum|henghe|henghe, hanghe|a hook, hinge, handle}} Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”), {{m|sco|hingel||any attachment by which something is hung or fastened}} hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), {{cog|nl|hengel||hook}} Dutch hengel (“hook”), {{m|nl|geheng||hinge}} geheng (“hinge”), {{m|nl|hengsel||handle}} hengsel (“handle”), {{cog|da|hængsel||hinge}} Danish hængsel (“hinge”), {{cog|de|Hängel||hook, joint}} German Hängel (“hook, joint”), {{cog|de|Henkel||handle, hook}} German Henkel (“handle, hook”), {{cog|ang|hōn||to hang}} Old English hōn (“to hang”), {{m|ang|hangian||to cause to hang, hang up}} hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”) Head templates: {{en-verb|pres_ptc2=hingeing}} hinge (third-person singular simple present hinges, present participle hinging or hingeing, simple past and past participle hinged)
  1. (transitive) To attach by, or equip with a hinge. Tags: transitive Translations (to attach by a hinge): saranoida (Finnish), kauhuri (Maori), hengsle (Norwegian), pôr dobradiças em (Portuguese), colocar dobradiças em (Portuguese), abisagrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-verb-XyhU4c9Y Disambiguation of 'to attach by a hinge': 91 2 4 0 3
  2. (intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something. Tags: intransitive Translations (to depend on something): záviset na [imperfective] (Czech), riippua (Finnish), dépendre de (French), reposer sur (French), abhängen von (German), avhenge (Norwegian), depender de (Portuguese), depender (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-verb-Ty0tZu0F Disambiguation of 'to depend on something': 1 97 1 0 1
  3. (transitive, archaeology) 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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-verb-WhQb8y5t Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
  4. (obsolete) To bend. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-verb-lU-~DolU
  5. 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. Synonyms: swing
    Sense id: en-hinge-en-verb-EOmfYzqx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hinge upon

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hinge meaning in English (34.8kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "alpha hinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "butt hinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "delta hinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "door hinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flapping hinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "H hinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hingeable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hingeback"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hinge joint"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hinge line"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hingeline"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hinge of Africa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hinge on"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hinge termination"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jonbar hinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "living hinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lower hinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "midhinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "off one's hinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rehinge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "upper hinge"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "henge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English henge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*henġ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *henġ (“hinge”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġe-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English henġe-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġeclif",
        "3": "",
        "4": "overhanging cliff"
      },
      "expansion": "henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hanging; that upon which a thing is hung"
      },
      "expansion": "henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hangiju"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hangiju",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "heenge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "heenge (“hinge”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Hänge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "heng",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door handle"
      },
      "expansion": "heng (“door handle”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "henge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a hook, hinge, handle"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "henghe",
        "3": "henghe, hanghe",
        "4": "a hook, hinge, handle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "hingel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "any attachment by which something is hung or fastened"
      },
      "expansion": "hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "hengel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hook"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch hengel (“hook”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "geheng",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "geheng (“hinge”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "hengsel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handle"
      },
      "expansion": "hengsel (“handle”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "hængsel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish hængsel (“hinge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Hängel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hook, joint"
      },
      "expansion": "German Hängel (“hook, joint”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Henkel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handle, hook"
      },
      "expansion": "German Henkel (“handle, hook”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hōn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to hang"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hōn (“to hang”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hangian",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cause to hang, hang up"
      },
      "expansion": "hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English henge, from Old English *henġ (“hinge”), compare Old English henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”), from Proto-West Germanic *hangiju. Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Dutch heng (“door handle”), Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), geheng (“hinge”), hengsel (“handle”), Danish hængsel (“hinge”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), German Henkel (“handle, hook”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hinges",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hinge (plural hinges)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-noun-9DU15m-W",
      "links": [
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ],
        [
          "flexible",
          "flexible"
        ],
        [
          "pivot",
          "pivot"
        ],
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ]
      ],
      "meronyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "66 3 8 4 4 3 5 7",
          "sense": "device upon which a door hangs",
          "word": "pintel"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "65 3 8 4 4 3 6 7",
          "sense": "device upon which a door hangs",
          "word": "har"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "skarnier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "menteshë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "çivi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "angërr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mufaṣṣala",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مُفَصَّلَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ary",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "bazāgra",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "Moroccan-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "بزاڭرة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "apc",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕazʔa",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "North-Levantine-Arabic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "عَزْقَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "cxni",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "ծխնի"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "gontza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "panta",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "панта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "frontissa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "鉸鏈"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎoliàn",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "铰链"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "折頁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhéyè",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "折页"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "合頁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "héyè",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "合页"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "活頁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huóyè",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "活页"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "合葉"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "héyè",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "合叶"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hængsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "scharnier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hengsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "har"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "ĉarniro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "sarana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gond"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "charnière"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gonzo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "porlón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "palmela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "couce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "golfón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "anǯama",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "ანჯამა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Angel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Scharnier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "Türband"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ange"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mentesés",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "μεντεσές"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "stróphinx",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "στρόφιγξ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "gínglumos",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "γίγγλυμος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cūl",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "चूल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kulābā",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "कुलाबा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dvārsandhi",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "द्वारसन्धि"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "pánt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "zsanér"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hjara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "engsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "inse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tuisle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "cerniera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cardine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "alt": "ちょうつがい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chōtsugai",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "蝶番"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "trɑɑciək",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "ត្រចៀក"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "trɑɑciək tviə",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "ត្រចៀកទ្វារ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeongcheop",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "경첩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "bān phap",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "ບານພັບ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cardō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "šarka",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "шарка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "engsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ċappetta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "kauhuri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "kaurori"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "henge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "gemow"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "hengel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "herre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hengsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "heorra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "menteşe",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "منتشه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "reze",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "رزه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lowlâ",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "لولا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zawias"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "dobradiça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "șarnieră"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "țâțână"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pétlja",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пе́тля"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "petljá",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "петля́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šarnír",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шарни́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "šarka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bisagra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gozne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "charnela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quicio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "bawaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "gångjärn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "bisagra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "baan-páp",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "บานพับ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "bkab sbyar",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "བཀབ་སྦྱར"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "menteşe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zavísa",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "заві́са"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šarnír",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шарні́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "bản lề"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "word": "fleged"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "flitche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "viertire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "colyn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 2 3 2 1 3 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "colfach"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1862, Charles Darwin, The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids Are Fertilized by Insects",
          "text": "The pedicel of the pollinium is articulated as before by a hinge to the disc; it can move freely only in one direction owing to one end of the disc being upturned.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-noun-MJuFwYML",
      "links": [
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ],
        [
          "shell",
          "shell"
        ],
        [
          "bivalve",
          "bivalve"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-noun-9SHz66Vi",
      "links": [
        [
          "stamp hinge",
          "stamp hinge"
        ],
        [
          "fold",
          "fold"
        ],
        [
          "gum",
          "gum"
        ],
        [
          "paper",
          "paper"
        ],
        [
          "rectangle",
          "rectangle"
        ],
        [
          "affix",
          "affix"
        ],
        [
          "postage stamp",
          "postage stamp"
        ],
        [
          "album",
          "album"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This argument was the hinge on which the question turned."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1840, Adam Duncan Tait, Remarks on a Pamphlet by the Reverend James Buchanan, page 26",
          "text": "But let me say, with all deference, that these positions do not appear to me to touch the hinge of the argument before us.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 388",
          "text": "These grown-up children were at that hinge of life when parents must begin to shrink and fold.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-noun-BYg2J2rt",
      "links": [
        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
        ],
        [
          "subsequent",
          "subsequent"
        ],
        [
          "reasoning",
          "reasoning"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 95 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "point in time, on which subsequent events depend",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "klíčový okamžik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 95 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "point in time, on which subsequent events depend",
          "word": "keerpunt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 95 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "point in time, on which subsequent events depend",
          "word": "hoeksteen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 95 1 1 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "point in time, on which subsequent events depend",
          "word": "käännekohta"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Statistics",
          "orig": "en:Statistics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-noun-7DfFFPc0",
      "links": [
        [
          "statistics",
          "statistics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(statistics) The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "statistics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1697, Thomas Creech, The five books of Mr. Manilius containing a system of the ancient astronomy and astrology: together with the philosophy of the Stoicks, page 121",
          "text": "If when the Moon is in the Hinge at East, / The Birth breaks forward from its native rest; / Full Eighty Years, if you two Years abate, / This Station gives, and long defers its Fate",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-noun-ompZL6uO"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A movement that presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-noun-fx1ylZL~",
      "links": [
        [
          "movement",
          "movement"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "rotation",
          "rotation"
        ],
        [
          "off-centre",
          "off-centre"
        ],
        [
          "fixed",
          "fixed"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "taken into account",
          "take into account"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 8 19 10 12 7 11 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In polyamory, a person connected emotionally or sexually to two others who are not connected to each other."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-noun-7XPc~J5C",
      "links": [
        [
          "polyamory",
          "polyamory"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "swing"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪndʒ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hinge.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/En-us-hinge.ogg/En-us-hinge.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/En-us-hinge.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hĭnj"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "statistics",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "quartile"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hinge"
  ],
  "word": "hinge"
}

{
  "categories": [],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hinge upon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "henge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English henge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*henġ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *henġ (“hinge”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġe-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English henġe-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġeclif",
        "3": "",
        "4": "overhanging cliff"
      },
      "expansion": "henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hanging; that upon which a thing is hung"
      },
      "expansion": "henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hangiju"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hangiju",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "heenge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "heenge (“hinge”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Hänge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "heng",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door handle"
      },
      "expansion": "heng (“door handle”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "henge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a hook, hinge, handle"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "henghe",
        "3": "henghe, hanghe",
        "4": "a hook, hinge, handle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "hingel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "any attachment by which something is hung or fastened"
      },
      "expansion": "hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "hengel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hook"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch hengel (“hook”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "geheng",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "geheng (“hinge”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "hengsel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handle"
      },
      "expansion": "hengsel (“handle”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "hængsel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish hængsel (“hinge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Hängel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hook, joint"
      },
      "expansion": "German Hängel (“hook, joint”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Henkel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handle, hook"
      },
      "expansion": "German Henkel (“handle, hook”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hōn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to hang"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hōn (“to hang”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hangian",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cause to hang, hang up"
      },
      "expansion": "hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English henge, from Old English *henġ (“hinge”), compare Old English henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”), from Proto-West Germanic *hangiju. Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Dutch heng (“door handle”), Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), geheng (“hinge”), hengsel (“handle”), Danish hængsel (“hinge”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), German Henkel (“handle, hook”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hinges",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hingeing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "pres_ptc2": "hingeing"
      },
      "expansion": "hinge (third-person singular simple present hinges, present participle hinging or hingeing, simple past and past participle hinged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To attach by, or equip with a hinge."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-verb-XyhU4c9Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "attach",
          "attach"
        ],
        [
          "equip",
          "equip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To attach by, or equip with a hinge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 4 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
          "word": "saranoida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 4 0 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
          "word": "kauhuri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 4 0 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
          "word": "hengsle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 4 0 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
          "word": "pôr dobradiças em"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 4 0 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
          "word": "colocar dobradiças em"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 4 0 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
          "word": "abisagrar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian",
          "text": "Games can hinge on the sort of controversial decision made by Taylor in the 10th minute. After Rivière collected Gabriel Obertan’s pass and sashayed beyond Daley Blind he drew the United centre-half into a rash, clumsy challenge but, puzzlingly, Taylor detected no penalty.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To depend on something."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-verb-Ty0tZu0F",
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "upon",
          "upon#English"
        ],
        [
          "depend",
          "depend"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "with on or upon",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to depend on something",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "záviset na"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to depend on something",
          "word": "riippua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to depend on something",
          "word": "dépendre de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to depend on something",
          "word": "reposer sur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to depend on something",
          "word": "abhängen von"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to depend on something",
          "word": "avhenge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to depend on something",
          "word": "depender de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 1 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to depend on something",
          "word": "depender"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Archaeology",
          "orig": "en:Archaeology",
          "parents": [
            "Anthropology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Zoology",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Biology",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The flake hinged at an inclusion in the core.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-verb-WhQb8y5t",
      "links": [
        [
          "archaeology",
          "archaeology"
        ],
        [
          "distal",
          "distal"
        ],
        [
          "knapp",
          "knapp"
        ],
        [
          "core",
          "core"
        ],
        [
          "feathered",
          "feathered"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaeology) 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To bend."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-verb-lU-~DolU",
      "links": [
        [
          "bend",
          "bend#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To bend."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-hinge-en-verb-EOmfYzqx",
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "rotation",
          "rotation"
        ],
        [
          "off-centre",
          "off-centre"
        ],
        [
          "fixed",
          "fixed"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "taken into account",
          "take into account"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "swing"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪndʒ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hinge.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/En-us-hinge.ogg/En-us-hinge.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/En-us-hinge.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hĭnj"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hinge"
  ],
  "word": "hinge"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪndʒ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪndʒ/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "alpha hinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "butt hinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "delta hinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "door hinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "flapping hinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "H hinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "hingeable"
    },
    {
      "word": "hingeback"
    },
    {
      "word": "hinge joint"
    },
    {
      "word": "hinge line"
    },
    {
      "word": "hingeline"
    },
    {
      "word": "hinge of Africa"
    },
    {
      "word": "hinge on"
    },
    {
      "word": "hinge termination"
    },
    {
      "word": "jonbar hinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "living hinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "lower hinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "midhinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "off one's hinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "rehinge"
    },
    {
      "word": "upper hinge"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "henge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English henge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*henġ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *henġ (“hinge”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġe-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English henġe-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġeclif",
        "3": "",
        "4": "overhanging cliff"
      },
      "expansion": "henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hanging; that upon which a thing is hung"
      },
      "expansion": "henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hangiju"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hangiju",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "heenge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "heenge (“hinge”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Hänge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "heng",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door handle"
      },
      "expansion": "heng (“door handle”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "henge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a hook, hinge, handle"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "henghe",
        "3": "henghe, hanghe",
        "4": "a hook, hinge, handle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "hingel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "any attachment by which something is hung or fastened"
      },
      "expansion": "hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "hengel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hook"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch hengel (“hook”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "geheng",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "geheng (“hinge”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "hengsel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handle"
      },
      "expansion": "hengsel (“handle”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "hængsel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish hængsel (“hinge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Hängel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hook, joint"
      },
      "expansion": "German Hängel (“hook, joint”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Henkel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handle, hook"
      },
      "expansion": "German Henkel (“handle, hook”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hōn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to hang"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hōn (“to hang”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hangian",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cause to hang, hang up"
      },
      "expansion": "hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English henge, from Old English *henġ (“hinge”), compare Old English henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”), from Proto-West Germanic *hangiju. Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Dutch heng (“door handle”), Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), geheng (“hinge”), hengsel (“handle”), Danish hængsel (“hinge”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), German Henkel (“handle, hook”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hinges",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hinge (plural hinges)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "meronyms": [
    {
      "sense": "device upon which a door hangs",
      "word": "pintel"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ],
        [
          "flexible",
          "flexible"
        ],
        [
          "pivot",
          "pivot"
        ],
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1862, Charles Darwin, The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids Are Fertilized by Insects",
          "text": "The pedicel of the pollinium is articulated as before by a hinge to the disc; it can move freely only in one direction owing to one end of the disc being upturned.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ],
        [
          "shell",
          "shell"
        ],
        [
          "bivalve",
          "bivalve"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stamp hinge",
          "stamp hinge"
        ],
        [
          "fold",
          "fold"
        ],
        [
          "gum",
          "gum"
        ],
        [
          "paper",
          "paper"
        ],
        [
          "rectangle",
          "rectangle"
        ],
        [
          "affix",
          "affix"
        ],
        [
          "postage stamp",
          "postage stamp"
        ],
        [
          "album",
          "album"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This argument was the hinge on which the question turned."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1840, Adam Duncan Tait, Remarks on a Pamphlet by the Reverend James Buchanan, page 26",
          "text": "But let me say, with all deference, that these positions do not appear to me to touch the hinge of the argument before us.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 388",
          "text": "These grown-up children were at that hinge of life when parents must begin to shrink and fold.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
        ],
        [
          "subsequent",
          "subsequent"
        ],
        [
          "reasoning",
          "reasoning"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Statistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "statistics",
          "statistics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(statistics) The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "statistics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1697, Thomas Creech, The five books of Mr. Manilius containing a system of the ancient astronomy and astrology: together with the philosophy of the Stoicks, page 121",
          "text": "If when the Moon is in the Hinge at East, / The Birth breaks forward from its native rest; / Full Eighty Years, if you two Years abate, / This Station gives, and long defers its Fate",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A movement that presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "movement",
          "movement"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "rotation",
          "rotation"
        ],
        [
          "off-centre",
          "off-centre"
        ],
        [
          "fixed",
          "fixed"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "taken into account",
          "take into account"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In polyamory, a person connected emotionally or sexually to two others who are not connected to each other."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "polyamory",
          "polyamory"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "swing"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪndʒ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hinge.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/En-us-hinge.ogg/En-us-hinge.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/En-us-hinge.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hĭnj"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "device upon which a door hangs",
      "word": "har"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "statistics",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "quartile"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "skarnier"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menteshë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "çivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "angërr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mufaṣṣala",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُفَصَّلَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bazāgra",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "بزاڭرة"
    },
    {
      "code": "apc",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕazʔa",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "North-Levantine-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عَزْقَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cxni",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "ծխնի"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "gontza"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "panta",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "панта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frontissa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "鉸鏈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎoliàn",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "铰链"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "折頁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhéyè",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "折页"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "合頁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "héyè",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "合页"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "活頁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huóyè",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "活页"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "合葉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "héyè",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "合叶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pant"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hængsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scharnier"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hengsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "har"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "ĉarniro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "sarana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gond"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "charnière"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gonzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "porlón"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palmela"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "couce"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golfón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "anǯama",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "ანჯამა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Angel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Scharnier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "Türband"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ange"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mentesés",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μεντεσές"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "stróphinx",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "στρόφιγξ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "gínglumos",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γίγγλυμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cūl",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "चूल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kulābā",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "कुलाबा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dvārsandhi",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "द्वारसन्धि"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "pánt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "zsanér"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hjara"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "engsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuisle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "cerniera"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cardine"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょうつがい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chōtsugai",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "蝶番"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "trɑɑciək",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "ត្រចៀក"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "trɑɑciək tviə",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "ត្រចៀកទ្វារ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeongcheop",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "경첩"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "bān phap",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "ບານພັບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cardō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šarka",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "engsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ċappetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "kauhuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "kaurori"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "henge"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "gemow"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "hengel"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "herre"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hengsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heorra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "menteşe",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "منتشه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "reze",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "رزه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lowlâ",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "لولا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zawias"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "dobradiça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balama"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "șarnieră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "țâțână"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pétlja",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пе́тля"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "petljá",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "петля́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šarnír",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шарни́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bann"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bisagra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gozne"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "charnela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "bawaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gångjärn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "bisagra"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "baan-páp",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "บานพับ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "bkab sbyar",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "བཀབ་སྦྱར"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "menteşe"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zavísa",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "заві́са"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šarnír",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шарні́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "bản lề"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "word": "fleged"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flitche"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viertire"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "device for the pivoting of a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colfach"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "point in time, on which subsequent events depend",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klíčový okamžik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "point in time, on which subsequent events depend",
      "word": "keerpunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "point in time, on which subsequent events depend",
      "word": "hoeksteen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "point in time, on which subsequent events depend",
      "word": "käännekohta"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hinge"
  ],
  "word": "hinge"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪndʒ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪndʒ/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hinge upon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "henge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English henge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*henġ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *henġ (“hinge”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġe-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English henġe-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġeclif",
        "3": "",
        "4": "overhanging cliff"
      },
      "expansion": "henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "henġen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hanging; that upon which a thing is hung"
      },
      "expansion": "henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hangiju"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hangiju",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "heenge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "heenge (“hinge”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Hänge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "heng",
        "3": "",
        "4": "door handle"
      },
      "expansion": "heng (“door handle”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "henge",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a hook, hinge, handle"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "henghe",
        "3": "henghe, hanghe",
        "4": "a hook, hinge, handle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "hingel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "any attachment by which something is hung or fastened"
      },
      "expansion": "hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "hengel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hook"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch hengel (“hook”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "geheng",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "geheng (“hinge”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "hengsel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handle"
      },
      "expansion": "hengsel (“handle”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "hængsel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hinge"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish hængsel (“hinge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Hängel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hook, joint"
      },
      "expansion": "German Hängel (“hook, joint”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Henkel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "handle, hook"
      },
      "expansion": "German Henkel (“handle, hook”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hōn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to hang"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hōn (“to hang”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hangian",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cause to hang, hang up"
      },
      "expansion": "hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English henge, from Old English *henġ (“hinge”), compare Old English henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”), from Proto-West Germanic *hangiju. Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Dutch heng (“door handle”), Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), geheng (“hinge”), hengsel (“handle”), Danish hængsel (“hinge”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), German Henkel (“handle, hook”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hinges",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hingeing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hinged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "pres_ptc2": "hingeing"
      },
      "expansion": "hinge (third-person singular simple present hinges, present participle hinging or hingeing, simple past and past participle hinged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attach by, or equip with a hinge."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attach",
          "attach"
        ],
        [
          "equip",
          "equip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To attach by, or equip with a hinge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian",
          "text": "Games can hinge on the sort of controversial decision made by Taylor in the 10th minute. After Rivière collected Gabriel Obertan’s pass and sashayed beyond Daley Blind he drew the United centre-half into a rash, clumsy challenge but, puzzlingly, Taylor detected no penalty.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To depend on something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "upon",
          "upon#English"
        ],
        [
          "depend",
          "depend"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "with on or upon",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Archaeology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The flake hinged at an inclusion in the core.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "archaeology",
          "archaeology"
        ],
        [
          "distal",
          "distal"
        ],
        [
          "knapp",
          "knapp"
        ],
        [
          "core",
          "core"
        ],
        [
          "feathered",
          "feathered"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaeology) 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bend",
          "bend#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To bend."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English contranyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "rotation",
          "rotation"
        ],
        [
          "off-centre",
          "off-centre"
        ],
        [
          "fixed",
          "fixed"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "taken into account",
          "take into account"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "swing"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪndʒ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hinge.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/En-us-hinge.ogg/En-us-hinge.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/En-us-hinge.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hĭnj"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
      "word": "saranoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
      "word": "kauhuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
      "word": "hengsle"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
      "word": "pôr dobradiças em"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
      "word": "colocar dobradiças em"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to attach by a hinge",
      "word": "abisagrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to depend on something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "záviset na"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to depend on something",
      "word": "riippua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to depend on something",
      "word": "dépendre de"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to depend on something",
      "word": "reposer sur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to depend on something",
      "word": "abhängen von"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to depend on something",
      "word": "avhenge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to depend on something",
      "word": "depender de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to depend on something",
      "word": "depender"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hinge"
  ],
  "word": "hinge"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (0b52755 and 5cb0836). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.