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Angle

noun

The space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians.

A biased way of looking at or presenting something. Synonym: slant.

A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons.

verb

(past & past part. angled; pres. part. angling)

Move or proceed at an angle.

To incline or bend from a vertical position. Synonyms: lean, slant, tilt, tip.

Seek indirectly. Synonym: fish.

Fish with a hook.

Present with a bias. Synonyms: slant, weight.

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"Angle" Quotes from Famous Books

... directly implicated in the murder, only taking sides with his brother Bob when he learned that he was a fugitive. In such a premise it was not unnatural that his bitterness toward Waring should take the angle that it did. And it would be difficult to prove that Andy Brewster was guilty of more than aiding ...

— Jim Waring of Sonora-Town - Tang of Life • Knibbs, Henry Herbert

... for the stage, in a short, white, satiny skirt reaching to the knees, pink stockings, and a sort of sleeveless bodice bright with relucent, armour-like scales. Upon her curly, light hair was perched, at a rollicking angle, a shining tin helmet. The costume was to be instantly recognized as one of those amazing conceptions to which competition has harried the inventors of the spectacular ballet. One of the officers bore a long cloak upon his arm, which, doubtless, had been intended ...

— Whirligigs • O. Henry

... and quietly approached the house, placing themselves in the angle of an outhouse out of sight from the windows. There was no sound, and no light appeared. Just above the ground about a foot of window was visible, with a grating over it, apparently lighting a basement. Suddenly ...

— Martin Hewitt, Investigator • Arthur Morrison

... on a note of rather shaky laughter. Roberta's arm lay across her mother's knee, her head upon it. She turned her head downward for an instant, burying her face in the angle of her arm. Mrs. Gray regarded the mass of dark locks beneath her hand with ...

— The Twenty-Fourth of June • Grace S. Richmond

... myself of the Malay creese, which I held in my right hand, while with the other I discovered as accurately as I could by pulsation the exact locality of the heart. It was essential that all the aspects of his death should lead to the surmise of self-murder. I calculated the exact angle at which it was probable that the weapon, if leveled by Simon's own hand, would enter his breast; then with one powerful blow I thrust it up to the hilt in the very spot which I desired to penetrate. A convulsive thrill ran through Simon's limbs. I heard ...

— The Diamond Lens • Fitz-James O'brien

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