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Noun angle has 3 senses
- angle - the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
--1 is a kind of space
--1 has particulars: | | crotch, fork; axil; helix angle; complementary angles; angular distance; plane angle; spherical angle; solid angle; inclination, angle of inclination; inclination, inclination of an orbit; salient angle; interior angle, internal angle; exterior angle, external angle; angle of incidence, incidence angle; angle of reflection; angle of refraction; angle of extinction, extinction angle; dogleg; right angle; oblique angle; reflex angle; perigon, round angle; cutting angle; dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination; lead; magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation; azimuth, AZ; polyhedral angle; face angle; tilt angle; vertical angle; view angle, angle of view; wave angle |
- slant, angle - a biased way of looking at or presenting something
--2 is a kind of point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint
- Angle - a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
--3 is a kind of European
Verb angle has 5 senses
- angle - move or proceed at an angle; "he angled his way into the room"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle - to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"
--2 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- fish, angle - seek indirectly; "fish for compliments"
--3 is one way to search, seek, look for
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- angle - fish with a hook
--4 is one way to fish
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and angle
- slant, angle, weight - present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
--5 is one way to bias, predetermine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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