to angle
- verb
- /ˈæŋɡəl/
- When painting the wall, remember to angle the brush toward the corner for coverage.
- angle the head
- sharply angled
Examples
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Can you at least angle us away from the fireplace?
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Okay, Randy, angle your bowl 51 degrees to Diego.
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So we're going to want to angle it kind of like that.
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Maybe we should angle it a little bit.
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Okay, now angle your eyes down.
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Try and angle it right to the rear, base of the head.
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MAN 2: No, angle it a little more.
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Now let me angle it here so you can hopefully see that.
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It's quite a thick wing, so I'm going to angle it from here.
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Just angle it away from the fence; that's all I'm asking.
Synonyms
Move something so it faces a different direction or side
To bend or rest at an angle against something
To move something so it leans or falls to one side
To move into a sloping or leaning position
To turn around a central point, like a wheel or planet
To lean or tilt in one direction
To turn something so it sits at an angle
To tilt something so it leans at an angle
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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A camera lens that shows more of a scene, makes near objects look bigger, and stretches edges
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The angle between incoming air and a wing's front-to-back line that affects how the wing lifts
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The angle between a light ray and a line at a right angle to the surface where they meet
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The angle between a reflected light ray and a line at right angles to the surface where it hits
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A camera lens shows how much of a scene you can see, measured in degrees
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A common eye disease that slowly reduces side vision when eye fluid cannot drain
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A corner formed where two straight lines cross that is opposite another and equal
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A sudden eye condition when the colored part blocks fluid leaving the front of the eye, raising eye pressure quickly
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The smallest angle at which light hits a surface and is totally reflected inside a material
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A length of metal bent into an L shape used to support or join things like shelves
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The angle you turn a crystal so it looks darkest under polarized light
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The tilt of a line measured counterclockwise from the positive x-axis
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The angle between a bent light ray and the line at right angles to the surface
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A sudden eye condition when the coloured part blocks fluid drainage, causing a rapid rise in pressure inside the eye
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A tool that holds wood or metal at different angles for cutting and drilling
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The turn between two edges that meet at a corner on a flat side of a 3D shape
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An angle outside a shape with straight sides made by a side and the next side extended
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The angle a crystal must be turned to look darkest under polarized light
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The angle between a spiral line and a line along the center of a cylinder or cone
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Weapons like mortars or cannons fire shells in a high, arching path to hit targets behind cover
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The angle between incoming light and a line at a right angle to the surface
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An inside corner of a shape that points inward more than a straight line
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The position of a point in a repeating wave shown as degrees from a fixed start
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The space at a corner where three or more flat faces of a solid meet
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An angle between two flat surfaces that meet and help show a molecule's shape
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A measure that shows how much space an object appears to take from a point in three dimensions
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The angle a camera lens shows of a scene that decides how much you can see
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The direction at which a radio signal comes to or leaves an antenna array, measured from the antenna's axis
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The direction from which ocean waves approach the shore, measured from the shoreline
How Tilted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Angle meaning 'to move or turn at an angle' comes from the same idea of a 'corner' (angulus) or 'bend'. So to angle something is to turn or position it so it is not straight.