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an·gle 1       (āng'gəl)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   an·gled, an·gling, an·gles
  1. To fish with a hook and line.
  2. To try to get something by indirect or artful means: angle for a promotion.

n.   Obsolete
A fishhook or fishing tackle.


[Middle English anglen, from angel, fishhook, from Old English.]

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an·gle 2       (āng'gəl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Mathematics
    1. The figure formed by two lines diverging from a common point.
    2. The figure formed by two planes diverging from a common line.
    3. The rotation required to superimpose either of two such lines or planes on the other.
    4. The space between such lines or surfaces.
    5. A solid angle.
    6. The place, position, or direction from which an object is presented to view: a building that looks impressive from any angle.
    7. An aspect, as of a problem, seen from a specific point of view. See Synonyms at phase.
  2. A sharp or projecting corner, as of a building.
    1. The place, position, or direction from which an object is presented to view: a building that looks impressive from any angle.
    2. An aspect, as of a problem, seen from a specific point of view. See Synonyms at phase.
  4. Slang A devious method; a scheme.

v.   an·gled, an·gling, an·gles

v.   tr.
  1. To move or turn (something) at an angle: angled the chair toward the window.
  2. Sports To hit (a ball or puck, for example) at an angle.
  3. Informal To impart a biased aspect or point of view to: angled the story in a way that criticized the candidate.

v.   intr.
To continue along or turn at an angle or by angles: The road angles sharply to the left. The path angled through the woods.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin angulus.]

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An·gle       (āng'gəl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A member of a Germanic people that migrated to England from southern Jutland in the 5th century A.D., founded the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia, and together with the Jutes and Saxons formed the Anglo-Saxon peoples.


[From Latin Anglī, the Angles, of Germanic origin.]

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angle       (āng'gəl)  Pronunciation Key 


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  1. A geometric figure formed by two lines that begin at a common point or by two planes that begin at a common line.
  2. The space between such lines or planes, measured in degrees. See also acute angle, obtuse angle, right angle.

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Angles

An"gles\, n. pl. [L. Angli. See Anglican.] (Ethnol.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.

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