Synonyms for angle
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ang-guh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæŋ gəl |
Top 10 synonyms for angle Other synonyms for the word angle
Définition of angle
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
- He has lived so long in the Quarter he looks at life from the Parisian angle.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Just what this angle of ascension may be is difficult to determine.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- At an angle calculated to intercept the caravan, Kingozi set off down the hill.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- He looked at me out of the angle of his eye to make sure that I was in earnest.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- He struck heavily, straight for the angle of Woodville's chin.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- He had been lightly hooked on the angle of the right jaw, and the hook had not wearied him.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- He was aware of Angle's fluttering farewells on the sidewalk.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- "With your permission," he said negligently; and drew the girl aside to the angle of the stairway.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- He strode along beside the wall, turned the angle, and regained the road.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- The opened half-door was opened a little further, and secured at that angle for the time.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
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