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having an angle or angles.
Heraldry.

noting an interrupted partition line having the two parts offset and a line at right connecting them.
(of an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.

Geometry.

the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.

an angular projection; a projecting corner:
the angles of a building.
a viewpoint; standpoint:
He looked at the problem only from his own angle.
Journalism.

(def 11).
the point of view from which copy is written, especially when the copy is intended to interest a particular audience:
The financial editor added a supplementary article from the investor’s angle.

one aspect of an event, problem, subject, etc.:
The accountant emphasized the tax angle of the leasing arrangement.
Movies, Photography, .
Informal. a secret motive:
She’s been too friendly lately—what’s her angle?
Astrology. any of the four interceptions of the equatorial circle by the two basic axes, the horizon and the meridian: commonly identified by the compass directions.
(def 2).
to move or bend in an angle.
to set, fix, direct, or adjust at an angle:
to angle a spotlight.
Journalism. to write or edit in such a way as to appeal to a particular audience; :
She angled her column toward teenagers.
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.
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.
to fish with hook and line.
to attempt to get something by sly or artful means; fish:
to angle for a compliment.
Archaic. a fishhook or fishing tackle.
Contemporary Examples

He had a work table that was angled up, and I saw a Sunday panel in progress.
The Day I Met Charles Schulz Daniel J. Levitin February 11, 2013

Nobody else thought that his patch, on a 60-degree angled slope, was viable as a vineyard.
Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards Clive Irving August 30, 2014

The screen was angled in such a way that the audience could watch Tupac performing but could not see the screen itself.
Michael Jackson’s Crazy Billboard Awards Performance and More Hologram Wins and Fails (VIDEO) The Daily Beast May 18, 2014

And although the Taser was on his left hip, it was angled so he could reach it with his right hand.
Oakland’s Rodney King Moment Marcia Clark July 9, 2010

Historical Examples

The arrow slits were cut through the thick walls in angled pairs so that two archers side by side would have a full field of fire.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea

But though they hunted the deer, they could not catch them; though they angled for the fish, they could not catch them.
Aino Folk-Tales Basil Hall Chamberlain

It is from nine to twenty-four inches tall, with an angled stem, pale green above and reddish below.
Field Book of Western Wild Flowers Margaret Armstrong

A screw which is designed to hold or adjust two angled pieces.
Carpentry for Boys J. S. Zerbe

They are globose or rounded in outline, 5–7 angled, with an oil globule, 8–10 µ in diameter.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson

It was furrowed, angled, lean, and harsh to the eye of the observer.
The White Chief Mayne Reid

noun
the space between two straight lines that diverge from a common point or between two planes that extend from a common line
the shape formed by two such lines or planes
the extent to which one such line or plane diverges from another, measured in degrees or radians
an angular projection or recess; corner
standpoint; point of view: look at the question from another angle, the angle of a newspaper article
(informal) a selfish or devious motive or purpose
See angle iron
verb
to move in or bend into angles or an angle
(transitive) to produce (an article, statement, etc) with a particular point of view
(transitive) to present, direct, or place at an angle
(intransitive) to turn or bend in a different direction: the path angled sharply to the left
verb (intransitive)
to fish with a hook and line
(often foll by for) to attempt to get: he angled for a compliment
noun
(obsolete) any piece of fishing tackle, esp a hook
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
v.

“to fish with a hook,” mid-15c., from Old English angel (n.) “angle, hook, fishhook,” related to anga “hook,” from PIE *ang-/*ank- “to bend” (see angle (n.)). Cf. Old English angul, Old Norse öngull, Old High German angul, German Angel “fishhook.” Figurative sense is recorded from 1580s.

It is but a sory lyfe and an yuell to stand anglynge all day to catche a fewe fisshes. [John Palsgrave, 1530]

Related: Angled; angling.

“to move at an angle, to move diagonally or obliquely,” 1741, from angle (n.). Related: Angled; angling.
n.

“space between intersecting lines,” late 14c., from Old French angle “angle, corner,” and directly from Latin angulus “an angle, corner,” a diminutive form from PIE root *ang-/*ank- “to bend” (cf. Greek ankylos “bent, crooked,” Latin ang(u)ere “to compress in a bend, fold, strangle;” Old Church Slavonic aglu “corner;” Lithuanian anka “loop;” Sanskrit ankah “hook, bent,” angam “limb;” Old English ancleo “ankle;” Old High German ango “hook”). Angle bracket is 1875 in carpentry; 1956 in typography.

member of a Teutonic tribe, Old English, from Latin Angli “the Angles,” literally “people of Angul” (Old Norse Öngull), a region in what is now Holstein, said to be so-called for its hook-like shape (see angle (n.)). People from the tribe there founded the kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbia, and East Anglia in 5c. Britain. Their name, rather than that of the Saxons or Jutes, may have become the common one for the whole group of Germanic tribes because their dialect was the first committed to writing.

angle an·gle (āng’gəl)
n.
The figure or space formed by the junction of two lines or planes.
angle
(āng’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.

noun

Something one does for profit or advantage, esp a devious action disguised as altruism: That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle