angle

angle
I
n.
space between two straight lines that meet

1) an acute; alternate; complementary; exterior; interior; obtuse; right; solid angle

2) a sharp angle (at a sharp angle)

3) the side; vertex of an angle

deviation from a straight line

4) at an angle (at an angle of thirty degrees; at a rakish angle; at a right angle)

viewpoint
aspect

5) from an angle (to examine a question from various angles)

motive; scheme

(colloq.) (esp. AE)

6) to have an angle

II

v. (d; intr.) to angle for ('to try to obtain') (she was angling for an invitation)

* * *
['æŋg(ə)l]
interior
obtuse
solid angle
vertex of an angle
['motive; scheme'] (colloq.) (esp. AE) to have an angle
['space between two straight lines that meet'] an acute
the side
a sharp angle (at a sharp angle)
['deviation from a straight line'] at an angle (at an angle of thirty degrees; at a rakish angle; at a right angle)
(d; intr.) to angle for (she was angleing for an invitation; 'to try to obtain)
['viewpoint'] ['aspect'] from an angle (to examine a question from various angles)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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