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hinged

hinged

2.9
Fastened so one part can swing open or closed, like a door
  • adjective
  • /hɪndʒd/
translation icon : con bisagra
  • I stop with hinged knees and steady hand to dress wounds.

John opened his hinged mouth to collect a few tears.

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Examples

  • And then the legs will be hinged onto these brackets here with the wall, effectively the muscles pulling back and front here.

  • I think the first thing I want to figure out is if we sharpen this a little bit, if this is hinged, can we have enough pressure to cut through clay?

  • John opened his hinged mouth to collect a few tears.

  • This case also has a couple of features that are sadly pretty high end even today, and one of those is hinged doors.

  • That will sit here and be the hinged mechanism of the door that opens, right.

  • So in dark you do this and then this hinged part at the end actually keeps the film from sliding around.

  • A most terrifying aspect of the Demacheron's Physiology is its hinged thorax.

  • The cabinet features hinged doors that swing open smoothly.

  • The child was fascinated by the hinged lid of the toy box.

  • The gate has a hinged design, allowing it to open easily.

How Movable

removable
20 3.3
to pivot
12 4.2
hinged
2.9
fastened
1.3
fixed
1.0

Surface Forms

hinged positive

Morphology

hinged = hinge (transparent) = hinge + ed

Standard adjectival use of '-ed' indicating 'having a hinge' or 'attached with a hinge', directly derived from the noun.

Etymology

Hinged comes from the word hinge, the metal or wooden joint on a door or lid that lets it move. That's why a hinged door or lid has that joint and can open and close.