
Related to angled: slant, tangled

an·gle 1

intr.v. an·gled, an·gling, an·gles
1. To fish with a hook and line.
n. Obsolete
A fishhook or fishing tackle.

[Middle English anglen, from angel, fishhook, from Old English.]

an·gle 2

1. Mathematics
a. The figure formed by two lines diverging from a common point.
b. The figure formed by two planes diverging from a common line.
c. The rotation required to superimpose either of two such lines or planes on the other.
d. The space between such lines or surfaces.
e. A solid angle.
2. A sharp or projecting corner, as of a building.
4. Slang A devious method; a scheme.
v. an·gled, an·gling, an·gles

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin angulus.]


A member of a Germanic people that migrated to England from southern Jutland in the 5th century ad, founded the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia, and together with the Jutes and Saxons formed the Anglo-Saxon peoples.

[From Latin Anglī, the Angles, of Germanic origin.]
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.angled - forming or set at an angleangled - forming or set at an angle; "angled parking"
angulate, angular - having angles or an angular shape
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