The hook or joint on which a door or gate turns. The gate self-opened wide . On golden hinges turning.

That on which any thing depends or turns; a governing principle, rule or point. This argument was the hinge on which the question turned.

A cardinal point; as east, west, north or south. To be off the hinges, is to be in a state of disorder or irregularity.

To furnish with hinges.

To bend.

To stand, depend or turn, as on a hinge. The question hinges on this single point.