Meaning of angle in English

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Verb
angle
Etymology
Old English angul (noun); the verb dates from late Middle English
Definitions
1. move or proceed at an angle
Examples
- « he angled his way into the room »
Derived terms
- angler
2. to incline or bend from a vertical position
Examples
- « She leaned over the banister »
Derived terms
3. seek indirectly
Examples
- « fish for compliments »
Derived terms
- fish
4. fish with a hook
Derived terms
5. present with a bias
Examples
- « He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders »
Derived terms
Noun
angle
Etymology
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin angulus‘corner’
Definitions
1. the space between two lines or planes that intersect
Examples
- « the inclination of one line to another »
- « measured in degrees or radians »
Derived terms
2. a biased way of looking at or presenting something
Derived terms
- slant
- weight
3. a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

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