HINGE Synonyms

• a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

• the state of being connected

• an instrumentality that connects

• (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a connecting shape

• a supplier (especially of narcotics)

• shifting from one form of transportation to another

• the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

• united or combined

• (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

• a disreputable place of entertainment

• the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

• a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

• junction by which parts or objects are joined together

• marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

• affecting or involving two or more

• involving both houses of a legislature

• fit as if by joints

• provide with a joint

• fasten with a joint

• separate (meat) at the joint

• an event that occurs at a critical time

• a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made

• the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

• the means of connection between things linked in series

• a fastener that serves to join or connect

• the state of being connected

• a connecting shape

• a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain

• (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list

• a channel for communication between groups

• a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network

• an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data

• make a logical or causal connection

• connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

• be or become joined or united or linked

• link with or as with a yoke

• the means of connection between things linked in series

• a connected series or group

• a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment

• a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts

• when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

• small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

• informal terms for the leg

• axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

• cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown

• flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

• a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things

• a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

• a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target

• to hold fast or prevent from moving

• attach or fasten with pins

• pierce with a pin

• (chess) immobilize a piece

• the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver

• axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

• the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot

• turn on a pivot

• a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin

• turn on a pivot

• an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend

• the intersection of two streets

• (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores

• a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other