hinge

«hinge» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a small metal joint that lets a door, gate, lid or window… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a hinge, hinges); verb (hinge, hinges, hinged, hinging)

meaning for a pupil

1) A hinge is a small metal joint that lets a door, gate, lid or window swing open and shut. tree →

2) As a verb, to hinge on something means to depend on it completely («Everything hinges on the weather»). tree →

3) A hinge can also be a movable joint in the body, such as the one that lets your jaw open and shut. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety hinges are on doors, cupboards, boxes and laptops; fingers can get trapped in the hinge side of a door. In science and design it is a simple pivot, like a joint in the body (the knee and elbow are hinge joints). Phrases: «off its hinges», «hinge joint», «hinge on».

examples

• The door is turning upon its hinges, and the sluggard is still upon his bed. (Writings PRO.26.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• The door squeaks because the hinge needs oil. tree →
• Mind your fingers near the hinges of the door. tree →
• The gate came off its hinges in the storm. tree →
• Your elbow is a hinge joint; it bends only one way. tree →
• The lid of the box is fixed with two small hinges. tree →
• The match hinged on the last penalty. tree →
• Whether we go to the beach hinges on the weather. tree →
• My laptop's hinge is loose, so the screen wobbles. tree →
• These tears ran slowly down his face and over the hinges of his jaw, and there they rusted. tree →

note

Countable noun: «a hinge». The verb is usually «hinge on/upon» and is often passive or about results. Past: «hinged». The g is soft (like j). Safety: never put fingers in the gap by the hinge side of a door.

In the corpora

• The door is turning upon its hinges, and the sluggard is still upon his bed.
• Check around a door before closing it, because the hinge side crushes fingers badly.
• Oil on a squeaky hinge makes a slippery layer between the metal parts, so they slide instead of rubbing.
• A nutcracker squeezes hardest on a nut placed close to the hinge.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hinge» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.