ALL meanings of hinging
hinge
H h - verb with object hinging to furnish with or attach by a hinge or hinges. 1
- verb with object hinging to attach as if by a hinge. 1
- verb with object hinging to make or consider as dependent upon; predicate: He hinged his action on future sales. 1
- noun hinging Present participle of hinge. 1
- noun hinging a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves. 1
- noun hinging a natural anatomical joint at which motion occurs around a transverse axis, as that of the knee or a bivalve shell. 1
- noun hinging that on which something is based or depends; pivotal consideration or factor. 1
- noun hinging Also called mount. Philately. a gummed sticker for affixing a stamp to a page of an album, so folded as to form a hinge, allowing the stamp to be raised to reveal the text beneath. 1
- verb without object hinging to be dependent or contingent on, or as if on, a hinge (usually followed by on or upon): Everything hinges on his decision. 1