hinge
/ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/ verbe C2En français : dépendre de, reposer sur
- To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
- To depend on something.
- The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break. · The flake hinged at an inclusion in the core.
- To move or already be positioned in such a fashion that it presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account.
He/she/it hinges · Prétérit hinged · Participe passé hinged · Forme en -ing hinging
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- hinge
- He/she/it
- hinges
- Prétérit
- hinged
- Participe passé
- hinged
- Forme en -ing
- hinging
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
“Criminal cases are continually hinging upon that one point.
Is there no circumstance on which this whole case appears to hinge?
At one side of this was a squat, brass-bound wooden box, the lid of which was hinged upwards, with this curious old-fashioned key projecting from the lock.
He’s simply the hinge that the whole team turns on.
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