angle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
  2. noun a biased way of looking at or presenting something
    slant.
  3. noun a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
  4. verb move or proceed at an angle
    • he angled his way into the room
  5. verb to incline or bend from a vertical position
    tilt; tip; lean; slant.
    • She leaned over the banister
  6. verb seek indirectly
    fish.
    • fish for compliments
  7. verb fish with a hook
  8. verb present with a bias
    slant; weight.
    • He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders

WordNet

An"gle noun
Etymology
F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. bent, crooked, angular, a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.
Definitions
  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.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." Obs. Chaucer.
  5. AS. angel. 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.
An"gle intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Angled present participle & verbal noun Angling
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. Obs. "He angled the people's hearts." Sir P. Sidney.

Webster 1913