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ANGLE
slant, angle
(noun) a biased way of looking at or presenting something
Angle
(noun) a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
angle
(noun) the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
slant, angle, weight
(verb) present with a bias; “He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders”
angle
(verb) fish with a hook
fish, angle
(verb) seek indirectly; “fish for compliments”
lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
(verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position; “She leaned over the banister”
angle
(verb) move or proceed at an angle; “he angled his way into the room”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
Angle (plural Angles)
(historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.
Anagrams
• Angel, Elgan, Galen, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angel, genal, glean, lenga
Etymology 1
Noun
angle (plural angles)
(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
(geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
A corner where two walls intersect.
A change in direction.
A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
(media) The focus of a news story.
Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
(slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
(slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
(astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
Synonyms
• (corner): corner, nook
• (change in direction): swerve
• (vertex): -gon (as per hexagon)
• (viewpoint): opinion, perspective, point of view, slant, view, viewpoint
Hyponyms
• acute angle
• obtuse angle
• angle of repose
• central angle
• complementary angle
• dihedral angle
• exterior angle
• interior angle
• narrow angle
• oblique angle
• opposite angle
• plane angle
• right angle
• round angle
• solid angle
• straight angle
• supplementary angle
• vertical angle
• wide angle
Verb
angle (third-person singular simple present angles, present participle angling, simple past and past participle angled)
(transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
(intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
(transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
(transitive, cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
Etymology 2
Verb
angle (third-person singular simple present angles, present participle angling, simple past and past participle angled)
(intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
(informal) (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
Noun
angle (plural angles)
A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
Anagrams
• Angel, Elgan, Galen, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angel, genal, glean, lenga
Source: Wiktionary
An"gle, n. Etym: [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.]
1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.
2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. Dryden.
4. (Astrol.)
Definition: A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] Chaucer.
5. Etym: [AS. angel.]
Definition: A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. Pope. Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90Âş.
– Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles.
– Alternate angles. See Alternate.
– Angle bar. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron.
– Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall.
– Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. Knight.
– Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted.
– Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle.
– Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata.
– Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both.
– Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines.
– External angles, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened.
– Facial angle. See under Facial.
– Internal angles, those which are within any right-lined figure.
– Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line.
– Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle.
– Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90Âş.
– Optic angle. See under Optic.
– Rectilineal or Right-lined angle, one formed by two right lines.
– Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90Âş (measured by a quarter circle).
– Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point.
– Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere.
– Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye.
– For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.
An"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Angled; p. pr. & vb. n. Angling.]
1. To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
2. To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise. The hearts of all that he did angle for. Shak.
An"gle, v. t.
Definition: To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [Obs.] "He angled the people's hearts." Sir P. Sidney.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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