📖 Definitions of "Hinging"
verb
- 1
To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
- 2
(with on or upon) To depend on something.
- 3
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."
- 4
To bend.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hinging"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| flexible jointnoun | a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
| restingverb | To sting again. |
| soothingnoun | Tending to soothe or mollify. |
| dependsverb | (intransitive, usually followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely. |
| restsverb | (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion. |
| predicatedverb | (transitive, logic) To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something. |
| centeringverb | (chiefly uncountable) The process of moving something to a centre, normally before some other process. |
| relyingverb | (with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend. |
| cloudedverb | Filled with clouds; cloudy. |
| premisedverb | Having a specified premise. |
| basingverb | The storage or housing of something within a base. |
| hangsverb | (intransitive) To be or remain suspended. |
| awaitsverb | (transitive, formal) To wait for. |
| predetermineverb | (transitive) To determine or decide in advance. |
| buoyedverb | Marked with buoys |
| complicatesverb | (transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult. |
| overshadowsverb | (transitive) To dominate something and make it seem insignificant. |
| impingeverb | (intransitive, rarely transitive, figuratively) To interfere with. |
| fixatedverb | (psychology) attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner |
| reliantverb | Having reliance on somebody or something. |
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