To depend on; to be contingent upon.

present participle of hinge

(transitive) To attach by, or equip with a hinge. / (intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something.

A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc. / A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve.

Affixed by a hinge, as a door. / (slang) Extremely high on drugs. / (of a postage stamp) Affixed with a stamp hinge

simple past tense and past participle of hinge

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hinge

plural of hinge

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hinge on

simple past tense and past participle of hinge on