Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hinge
Participle: hinged
Gerund: hinging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hinge |
| you | hinge |
| he;she;it | hinges |
| we | hinge |
| you | hinge |
| they | hinge |
Perfect
| I | have hinged |
| you | have hinged |
| he;she;it | has hinged |
| we | have hinged |
| you | have hinged |
| they | have hinged |
Past
| I | hinged |
| you | hinged |
| he;she;it | hinged |
| we | hinged |
| you | hinged |
| they | hinged |
Pluperfect
| I | had hinged |
| you | had hinged |
| he;she;it | had hinged |
| we | had hinged |
| you | had hinged |
| they | had hinged |
Future
| I | will hinge |
| you | will hinge |
| he;she;it | will hinge |
| we | will hinge |
| you | will hinge |
| they | will hinge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hinged |
| you | will have hinged |
| he;she;it | will have hinged |
| we | will have hinged |
| you | will have hinged |
| they | will have hinged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hinge |
| you | hinge |
| he;she;it | hinge |
| we | hinge |
| you | hinge |
| they | hinge |
Perfect
| I | have hinged |
| you | have hinged |
| he;she;it | have hinged |
| we | have hinged |
| you | have hinged |
| they | have hinged |
Imperfect
| I | hinged |
| you | hinged |
| he;she;it | hinged |
| we | hinged |
| you | hinged |
| they | hinged |
Pluperfect
| I | had hinged |
| you | had hinged |
| he;she;it | had hinged |
| we | had hinged |
| you | had hinged |
| they | had hinged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hinge |
| you | would hinge |
| he;she;it | would hinge |
| we | would hinge |
| you | would hinge |
| they | would hinge |
Perfect
| I | would have hinged |
| you | would have hinged |
| he;she;it | would have hinged |
| we | would have hinged |
| you | would have hinged |
| they | would have hinged |
Imperative
| you | hinge |
| we | Let's hinge |
| you | hinge |
Verbs conjugated like 'hinge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hinge'
linge,
minge,
tinge,
whinge,
bilge,
bing,
bingle,
bingo,
change,
chine,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English henge (“hinge”), from Old English *henġ or *henġe (“hinge”), from Proto-West Germanic *hangiju or *hangī; compare Old English *henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”). Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Low German henge (“hook, hinge, handle”), Dutch heng (“moving leaf of a hinge”), Dutch geheng (“hinge”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), hengsel (“handle”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), Henkel (“handle, hook”), Danish hængsel (“hinge”), Faroese hongsl (“hinge”), Icelandic hengsli (“hinge”), Norwegian hengsel (“hinge”), Swedish hängsle (“suspender”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), Old English hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Hänge', Swedish '
hängsle', Old English '
hangian'.
Sample Sentences
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Games can hinge on the sort of controversial decision made by Taylor in the 10th minute. After Rivière collected Gabriel Obertan’s pass and sashayed beyond Daley Blind he drew the United centre-half into a rash, clumsy challenge but, puzzlingly, Taylor detected no penalty. [2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian:]
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The flake hinged at an inclusion in the core.
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Be thou a Flatterer now, and ſeeke to thriue / By that which ha's^([sic – meaning has]) vndone thee; hindge thy knee, / And let his very breath whom thou'lt obſerue / Blow off thy Cap: [...] [c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 92:]