Hinge

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Hinge

Hinge : (கதவு) பிணைச்சல், கீல்

Hinge : (கதவு) பிணைச்சல்,(கதவு) பிணைச்சல்,கீல்,கீல்

Hinge : கீல்

Hinge definition

Noun.

  1. The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
  2. That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
  3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.

Transitive verb.

  1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
  2. To bend.

Intransitive verb. To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point.