angle
verb
- select a direction in 2 or 3 dimensions
- move on an angled trajectory
- cause to be/move in an angular fashion
noun
- geometrical concept
- measure of separation between diverging lines
- point of view for a story
- process of causing to be/ moving in an angular fashion
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ / [ˈæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈæŋ.ɡl̩] / /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Anglus, in turn borrowed from a Germanic source (compare Old English Ængle/Engle (“Angle”)). Probably derived from the toponym Angle, related to Proto-Germanic *anguz "narrow, tight; tapering", either indicating the "narrow" water (i.e. the Schlei estuary), or the shape of the peninsula. Folk etymology linking the word to English angel or any antecedents is demonstrably false.
- A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der. Proto-Germanic *angulaz Proto-West Germanic *angul Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *anglōn Old English *anglian? Middle English anglen English angle From Middle English anglen (“to fish, fish with a hook”, literally “to fish-hook”), perhaps from Old English *anglian, from Proto-West Germanic *anglōn (“to hook”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ongelje (“to fish, angle”), Dutch hengelen (“to fish, angle”), German Low German angeln (“to fish, angle”), German angeln (“to fish, angle”).
- To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
- To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
“He must be angling for a pay rise.”