Angle meanings. All definitions of Angle

countable noun angle An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees. 3

countable noun angle An angle is the shape that is created where two lines or surfaces join together. 3

countable noun angle An angle is the direction from which you look at something. 3

countable noun angle You can refer to a way of presenting something or thinking about it as a particular angle. 3

verb angle If someone is angling for something, they are trying to get it without asking for it directly. 3

ergative verb angle If you angle something or if it angles in a particular direction, it faces or points in that direction. 3

noun angle the space between two straight lines that diverge from a common point or between two planes that extend from a common line 3

noun angle the shape formed by two such lines or planes 3

noun angle the extent to which one such line or plane diverges from another, measured in degrees or radians 3

noun angle an angular projection or recess; corner 3

noun angle standpoint; point of view 3

noun angle a selfish or devious motive or purpose 3

verb angle to move in or bend into angles or an angle 3

verb angle to produce (an article, statement, etc) with a particular point of view 3

verb angle to present, direct, or place at an angle 3

verb angle to turn or bend in a different direction 3

verb angle to fish with a hook and line 3

verb angle to attempt to get 3

noun angle any piece of fishing tackle, esp a hook 3

noun angle a member of a West Germanic people from N Germany who invaded and settled large parts of E and N England in the 5th and 6th centuries ad 3

noun angle a member of a Germanic people of the northern lowlands that settled in eastern England in the 5th cent. a.d.: the name England is from Englaland (land of the Angles), and English is from Englisc (of the Angles) 3

noun angle the shape made by two straight lines meeting at a common point, the vertex, or by two planes meeting along an edge 3

noun angle solid angle 3

noun angle the space between, or within, such lines or planes 3

noun angle the measure of this space, expressed in degrees, radians, or steradians 3

noun angle a sharp or projecting corner 3

noun angle an aspect, as of something viewed or considered; point of view 3

noun angle a motive 3

noun angle a tricky method for achieving a purpose 3

verb transitive angle to move or bend at an angle or by means of angles 3

verb transitive angle to give a specific point of view to (a story, report, etc.) 3

intransitive verb angle to scheme or use tricks to get something 3

noun angle Fish with rod and line. 1

noun angle corner, intersection of two lines 1

noun angle viewpoint 1

transitive verb angle bend sth 1

transitivephrasal verb angle try to obtain indirectly 1

intransitive verb angle slant, be at an angle 1

noun angle attempted approach 1

noun angle approach, focus 1

noun angle a member of a West Germanic people that migrated from Sleswick to Britain in the 5th century a.d. and founded the kingdoms of East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria. As early as the 6th century their name was extended to all the Germanic inhabitants of Britain. 1

verb with object angle to move or bend in an angle. 1

verb with object angle to set, fix, direct, or adjust at an angle: to angle a spotlight. 1

verb with object angle Journalism. to write or edit in such a way as to appeal to a particular audience; slant: She angled her column toward teenagers. 1

verb without object angle to fish with hook and line. 1

verb without object angle to attempt to get something by sly or artful means; fish: to angle for a compliment. 1

idioms angle play the angles, Slang. to use every available means to reach one's goal: A second-rate talent can survive only by playing all the angles. 1

verb angle (Intransitive Verb) To try to catch fish with a hook and line. 0

verb angle (Informal) (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing. 0

noun angle (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). 0

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