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Noun angle has 3 senses
  1. 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
    Derived forms: verb angulate1, verb angle1, verb angle2
  2. slant, angle - a biased way of looking at or presenting something
    --2 is a kind of point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint
  3. 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
  1. angle - move or proceed at an angle; "he angled his way into the room"
    --1 is one way to     travel, go, move, locomote
    Derived forms: noun angle1, noun angler1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. 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
    Derived form: noun angle1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. fish, angle - seek indirectly; "fish for compliments"
    --3 is one way to search, seek, look for
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  4. angle - fish with a hook
    --4 is one way to     fish
    Derived forms: noun angler3, noun angler2
    Sample sentence:
    In the summer they like to go out and angle
  5. 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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