angle
1[ ang-guhl ]
/ ˈæŋ gəl /
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noun
verb (used with object), an·gled, an·gling.
verb (used without object), an·gled, an·gling.
to turn sharply in a different direction: The road angles to the right.
to move or go in angles or at an angle: The trout angled downstream.
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Idioms for 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.
Origin of angle
1First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin angulus, akin to uncus “bent” and Greek ankýlos “crooked, curved”; cf. ancylo-,
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Definition for angle (2 of 3)
angle2
[ ang-guhl ]
/ ˈæŋ gəl /
verb (used without object), an·gled, an·gling.
to fish with hook and line.
to attempt to get something by sly or artful means; fish: to angle for a compliment.
noun
Archaic. a fishhook or fishing tackle.
Origin of angle
2before 900; Middle English v. angelen, noun angel, angul,Old English angel, angul; cognate with Frisian, Dutch angel,Old Saxon, Old High German angul (>German Angel), Old Norse ǫngull;Greek ankýlos bent, Sanskrit ankuśá- hook; akin to Old English anga,Old High German ango,Latin uncus,Greek ónkos hook; relation, if any, to Latin angulusangle1 not clear
Definition for angle (3 of 3)
Angle
[ ang-guhl ]
/ ˈæŋ gəl /
noun
a member of a West Germanic people that migrated from Schleswig 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.
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British Dictionary definitions for angle (1 of 3)
angle1
/ (ˈæŋɡəl) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for angle
C14: from French, from Old Latin angulus corner
British Dictionary definitions for angle (2 of 3)
angle2
/ (ˈæŋɡəl) /
verb (intr)
to fish with a hook and line
(often foll by for) to attempt to gethe angled for a compliment
noun
obsolete any piece of fishing tackle, esp a hook
Word Origin for angle
Old English angul fish-hook; related to Old High German ango, Latin uncus, Greek onkos
British Dictionary definitions for angle (3 of 3)
Angle
/ (ˈæŋɡəl) /
noun
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 a.d
Word Origin for Angle
from Latin Anglus, from Germanic (compare English), an inhabitant of Angul, a district in Schleswig (now Angeln), a name identical with Old English angul hook, angle ², referring to its shape
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Medical definitions for angle
angle
[ ăng′gəl ]
n.
The figure or space formed by the junction of two lines or planes.
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Scientific definitions for angle
angle
[ ăng′gəl ]
A geometric figure formed by two lines that begin at a common point or by two planes that begin at a common line.
The space between such lines or planes, measured in degrees. See also acute angle obtuse angle right angle.
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