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• swing — [swiŋ] vi. swung, swinging [ME swingen < OE swingan, akin to Ger schwingen, to brandish < IE base * sweng , to curve, swing] 1. to sway or move backward and forward with regular movement, as a freely hanging object or a ship at anchor;… …   English World dictionary

• hinge — vb *depend, hang, turn Analogous words: *swing, fluctuate, undulate …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• swing door — noun a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either direction • Syn: ↑swinging door • Hypernyms: ↑door • Hyponyms: ↑batwing • Part Meronyms: ↑hinge, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• swing — I. verb (swung; swinging) Etymology: Middle English, to beat, fling, hurl, rush, from Old English swingan to beat, fling oneself, rush; akin to Old High German swingan to fling, rush Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to move… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hinge — hingeless, adj. hingelike, adj. /hinj/, n., v., hinged, hinging. n. 1. a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves. 2. a natural anatomical joint at which motion occurs… …   Universalium

• hinge — hinge1 [hındʒ] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English hencg, from hon; HANG1] a piece of metal fastened to a door, lid etc that allows it to swing open and shut hinge 2 hinge2 v [T usually passive] to attach something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• swing clear hinge —   n.    a hinge that allows the door to swing far enough away from the jamb to fully clear the opening at 90 degrees open …   Locksmith dictionary

• swing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. oscillate, sway, wag; depend, dangle; pivot, turn; informal, be hanged; slang, [wife or husband ]swap. See oscillation,punishment, impurity, sex. n. sweep, sway, oscillation; rhythm, lilt, scope,… …   English dictionary for students

• hinge — [[t]hɪ̱nʤ[/t]] hinges, hinging, hinged N COUNT A hinge is a piece of metal, wood, or plastic that is used to join a door to its frame or to join two things together so that one of them can swing freely. The top swung open on well oiled hinges.… …   English dictionary

• hinge — 1 noun (C) a metal part used to fasten a door to its frame, a lid to a box etc, so that can swing open and shut 2 verb hinge on/upon sth phrasal verb (transitive not in progressive) if a result hinges on something happening, it depends on it… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• swing tip — a device attached flexibly by a rubber hinge to the tip of a fishing rod, has ring guides for the line but hangs down. The swing tip is pulled up by a bite …   Dictionary of ichthyology