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Synonyms for angles
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ang-guh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæŋ gəl |
Top 10 synonyms for angles Other synonyms for the word angles
- aim
- aim for
- approach
- be after
- bend
- cast
- connive
- conspire
- contrive
- crook
- crotch
- cusp
- dangle a line
- decline
- divergence
- dogleg
- drop a line
- elbow
- fish for
- flare
- flection
- flexure
- fork
- hand
- hint
- hunt
- incline
- intention
- invite
- knee
- look for
- maneuver
- nook
- notch
- obliquity
- outlook
- plan
- plot
- point
- position
- scheme
- seek
- side
- solicit
- strive
- try for
- turn
- turning
- V
- viewpoint
- Y
Définition of angles
Origin :- "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.
- noun shape formed by two lines meeting at a point
- noun personal approach, purpose
- verb fish
- verb attempt
- This afternoon went with Jemmy to the summit of Yeadie, and took a round of angles.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- This afternoon I took a round of angles and bearings from a pile of stones on the hill.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- In the afternoon got a fine round of angles from granite rocks.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Nor was it essential the wire should be straight; it might be bent into angles.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- There were other angles, and an immediate one of high danger.
- Extract from : « The Bluff of the Hawk » by Anthony Gilmore
- Judged from these angles, both Turks and Britons were successful.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- It is a question of angles and quality of the grey matter of the brain.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- The little birds under the angles of the abaci should not be overlooked.
- Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
- Not but what once we're onto his angles, he sort o' oozes into our regyards.
- Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
- Unlike Thayer, he never collided with the angles of his own temperament.
- Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
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